Coulaures tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Excideuil at 7 km from Coulaures
Visit Coulaures: highlights and tourist information
Coulaures 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 Coulaures in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Excideuil at 7 km and Tourtoirac at 7 km.
Coulaures, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Excideuil
at 7 km (direction east-north-east)The town of Excideuil in the northern Dordogne has a lively market every Thursday...
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Tourtoirac
at 7 km (direction east-south-east)The small village of Tourtoirac has a church and river walk as well as...
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Le Bouquet
at 8 km (direction west)The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped...
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Sorges
at 8 km (direction west)Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an...
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Thiviers
at 13 km (direction north-north-west)Thiviers is a very typical Dordogne market town, best known for the foie gras...
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Chateau de Hautefort
Castle at 14 km (direction east-south-east)At Chateau de Hautefort you can see a vey imposing castle and also extensive...
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Saint-Jean-de-Cole
Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction north-west)Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a small but very pretty village with a nice church and beautiful...
See Saint-Jean-de-Cole guide
Badefols d'Ans
at 19 km (direction east-south-east)Badefols d'Ans is a small village around a castle and church...
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Chateau de Jumilhac
Castle at 22 km (direction north-north-east)The Chateau de Jumilhac is in the northern Dordogn, within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural...
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Chateau de Puyguilhem
Castle at 23 km (direction west-north-west)Extensive renovation work at the Chateau de Puyguilhem has brought a new lease of...
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Perigueux
at 24 km (direction west-south-west)One of our favourite towns in the Dordogne, Perigueux has an imposing byzantine cathedral...
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Perigueux cathedral
Cathedral at 24 km (direction west-south-west)The cathedral in Perigueux combines roman and byzantine elements to create a most unusual...
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Saint-Robert
at 25 km (direction east), in the Correze departmentCentred around the 12th century Church of Saint-Robert, Saint-Robert is classed among the 'most...
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Brantome
at 27 km (direction west-north-west)In an idyllic setting on the Isle River and with an imposing abbey, Brantome...
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Map of places to visit near Coulaures
Markets in and near Coulaures
- Excideuil: market Thursday (6km)
- Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (14km)
- Thiviers: market Saturday (14km)
- Thenon: market Tuesday (20km)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (23km)
- Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (25km)
- Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (27km)
- Brantome: market Friday (27km)
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market Friday (28km)
- Montignac: market Wednesday & Saturday (30km)
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Tourist attractions near Coulaures, France
What to do at Coulaures? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Coulaures.
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cole (17km)
- Segur-le-Chateau (29km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (34km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (34km)
National Monuments
- Chateau de Puyguilhem (22km)
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (41km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (41km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (41km)
- Font-de-Gaume (41km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (29km)
- Nontron (35km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Perigord-Limousin (36km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km)
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (22km)
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (25km)
- Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (27km)
- Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (28km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (34km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (34km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (46km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Hautefort (14km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (32km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (33km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (52km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (41km)
- Gouffre de la Fage (48km)
- Grotte de Montgaudier (57km)
Towns of Art and history
- Perigueux (24km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Donzenac (44km)
- Magnac-Bourg (49km)
- Pierre-Buffiere (52km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (40km)
Geography and distances
Coulaures is in the south-west of France at 24 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Coulaures is 408 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Coulaures
from Perigueux (prefecture): 24 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 631 km
from Nice: 530 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 630 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 Coulaures from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Excideuil, Mayac, Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, Saint-Martial-d'Albarede, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil and Savignac-les-Eglises.
This page in French: Visiter Coulaures