Thauron: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Gorges du Thaurion in Thauron provide a suitable setting for walks. Anyone choosing Thauron for a stay may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Landscape and Trails

The Circuit de découverte des gorges du Thaurion starts at the car park by the bridge over the Thaurion between Thauron and La Chaise.

Culture and History

The Église Saint-Christophe de Thauron dates back to the 12th century and stands on an oppidum. Remains from the Iron Age, the Roman period and the Frankish period have been found there.

The remains of Notre-Dame du Palis in the hamlet of Le Palais in Thauron include the church apse and the abbot’s residence, which dates from the 17th century. The Chapelle de l’abbaye du Palais is a restored chapel on the site of a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century. The remaining site is privately owned and houses guest rooms and holiday homes.

The Cippe gallo-romain de Thauron, known as “le Chapeau des Anglais”, is a three-part monument; its oldest parts date from the Gallo-Roman period.

Nature and Animal Husbandry

The Élevage de bisons du Palais offers guided tours of the enclosures by vehicle. Thanks to various adapted vehicles, these tours are also possible for people with reduced mobility; there are no accessible toilets. The Élevage also features an exhibition on the traditional uses of bison materials by Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Geographical Surroundings

The Abbaye Notre-Dame du Palais is a historic site in the immediate vicinity of Thauron. In the wider regional surroundings of Thauron are the Abbatiale Saint-Barthélémy de Bénévent l'Abbaye, a church, the Archives départementales de la Creuse, an archive, and Vassivière, an island.

Other places in this selection: Lioux-Les-Monges, Faux-La-Montagne, La Cellette, Roches, Parsac, Jarnages, Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Pardoux-Le-Neuf

To the main travel overview: Creuse.