Cales tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Tremolat at 3 km from Cales
Visit Cales: highlights and tourist information
Cales is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Cales in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Tremolat at 3 km and Molieres at 5 km.
Cales, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Tremolat
at 3 km (direction north-east)Trémolat is a very small but attractive village, close to the scenic highlight at...
See Tremolat guide
Molieres
at 5 km (direction south-south-east)Molieres is small but perhaps the best example of an unspoiled bastide town in...
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Paunat
at 7 km (direction north-east)Paunat is a pretty village with a large abbey-church in the Dordogne....
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Chartreuse du Colombier
Garden at 7 km (direction north-east)The Chartreuse du Colombier is a charming traditional stone house with a pretty garden...
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Cadouin abbey
Abbey at 7 km (direction south-east)Cadouin abbey was built in the 12th century in the roman style...
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Cadouin abbey cloisters
Abbey at 7 km (direction south-east)The cloister attached to the abbey at Cadouin were built in the 15th century...
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Cadouin
at 7 km (direction south-east)Cadouin is a small village best known for its medieval abbey, an important pilgrimage...
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Limeuil
Most Beautiful Village at 7 km (direction east-north-east)Limeuil is classified as one of the most beautiful villages in France, and has...
See Limeuil guide
Saint-Avit-Senieur
at 9 km (direction south)Saint-Avit-Senieur is dominated by the substantial abbey ruins in the centre of the village...
See Saint-Avit-Senieur guide
Beaumont-du-Perigord
at 10 km (direction south-south-west)The traditional bastide town of Beaumont-du-Perigord is an interesting contrast to the nearby village...
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Le Bugue
at 12 km (direction east-north-east)The town of Le Bugue, on the Dordogne river banks, is very well situated...
See Le Bugue guide
Urval
at 12 km (direction east-south-east)Urval is a pretty village with an ancient communal bread oven and fortified church....
See Urval guide
Chateau de Lanquais
Castle at 12 km (direction west-south-west)The Chateau de Lanquais - sometimes called the Louvre of the Perigord - combines...
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Montferrand-du-Perigord
at 12 km (direction south-south-east)The pretty little village of Montferrand-du-Perigord is in a particularly scenic area and has...
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Find Tremolat hotels & holiday rentals
Reserve excursions near Cales
Map of places to visit near Cales
Markets in and near Cales
- Lalinde: market Thursday (7km)
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: market Friday (8km)
- Le Bugue: market Tuesday (11km)
- Belves: market Saturday (17km)
- Les Eyzies: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (18km)
- Saint-Cyprien: market Sunday (18km)
- Monpazier: market Thursday (20km)
- Vergt: market Friday (21km)
- Issigeac: market Sunday (22km)
- Villereal: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (25km)
More information about Cales, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Cales, France
What to do at Cales? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Cales.
Heritage sites
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (7km)
- Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (9km)
- Vezere Valley (36km)
- Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Limeuil (7km)
- Belves (17km)
- Beynac (26km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (28km)
- La Roque-Gageac (29km)
- Domme (32km)
- Monflanquin (36km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (41km)
National Monuments
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (18km)
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (18km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (18km)
- Font-de-Gaume (19km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Gourdon (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (3km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (7km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (11km)
- Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (13km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (17km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (28km)
- Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (31km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (32km)
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (37km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (41km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (41km)
- Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (41km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (45km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (58km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de Planbuisson (8km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (12km)
- Jardin de Conty (19km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (28km)
- Jardins de l'Albarède (29km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (31km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (32km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (34km)
- Jardin de la Daille (38km)
- Parc et potager de Pouthet (39km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (42km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (49km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Monpazier (20km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (18km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Bergerac (26km)
Geography and distances
Cales is in the south-west of France at 38 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Cales is 460 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Cales
from Perigueux (prefecture): 38 km
from Paris: 460 km
from Calais: 682 km
from Nice: 529 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 671 km
Getting here
Most visitors fly into the airports at either Bergerac (or Bordeaux). Alternatively to drive from the cross-channel ports takes around 9-11 hours. For driving distances to Cales from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Alles-sur-Dordogne, Badefols-sur-Dordogne, Bourniquel, Limeuil, Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang, Molieres, Paunat, Pontours and Tremolat.
This page in French: Visiter Cales