Escoire tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Perigueux at 10 km from Escoire
Visit Escoire: highlights and tourist information
Escoire 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 Escoire in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Perigueux at 10 km and Perigueux cathedral at 10 km.
Escoire, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Perigueux
at 10 km (direction west)One of our favourite towns in the Dordogne, Perigueux has an imposing byzantine cathedral...
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Perigueux cathedral
Cathedral at 10 km (direction west-south-west)The cathedral in Perigueux combines roman and byzantine elements to create a most unusual...
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Le Bouquet
at 11 km (direction north-north-east)The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped...
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Sorges
at 11 km (direction north-north-east)Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an...
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Tourtoirac
at 18 km (direction east-north-east)The small village of Tourtoirac has a church and river walk as well as...
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Grotte de Rouffignac
Cave at 20 km (direction south-east)The Grotte de Rouffignac contains engravings and drawings of more than 100 mammoths...
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Excideuil
at 22 km (direction east-north-east)The town of Excideuil in the northern Dordogne has a lively market every Thursday...
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Brantome Abbey
Abbey at 23 km (direction north-west)Brantome Abbey is an impressive abbey with troglodyte caves in the beautiful town of...
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Brantome
at 23 km (direction north-west)In an idyllic setting on the Isle River and with an imposing abbey, Brantome...
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Saint-Jean-de-Cole
Most Beautiful Village at 24 km (direction north-west)Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a small but very pretty village with a nice church and beautiful...
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Bourdeilles
at 24 km (direction west-north-west)Close to Brantome, the Chateau de Bourdeilles is quite modest compared with some in...
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Chateau de Bourdeilles
Castle at 24 km (direction west-north-west)The Chateau de Bourdeilles consists of a medieval defensive castle and a Renaissance castle...
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Thiviers
at 24 km (direction north-north-east)Thiviers is a very typical Dordogne market town, best known for the foie gras...
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Chateau de Hautefort
Castle at 24 km (direction east)At Chateau de Hautefort you can see a vey imposing castle and also extensive...
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Reserve excursions near Escoire
Map of places to visit near Escoire
Markets in and near Escoire
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (9km)
- Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (10km)
- Thenon: market Tuesday (19km)
- Excideuil: market Thursday (21km)
- Vergt: market Friday (22km)
- Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (23km)
- Brantome: market Friday (23km)
- Lisle: market Tuesday (25km)
- Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (25km)
- Thiviers: market Saturday (25km)
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Tourist attractions near Escoire, France
What to do at Escoire? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Escoire.
Heritage sites
- Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (10km)
- Vezere Valley (31km)
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cole (24km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (29km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (35km)
- Limeuil (36km)
- Segur-le-Chateau (44km)
- Beynac (47km)
- La Roque-Gageac (50km)
- Domme (54km)
National Monuments
- Chateau de Puyguilhem (25km)
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (33km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (33km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (33km)
- Font-de-Gaume (34km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Perigord-Limousin (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (11km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (14km)
- Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (15km)
- Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (23km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (24km)
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (25km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (29km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (34km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (35km)
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (37km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (37km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (40km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (46km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (60km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Hautefort (24km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (30km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (37km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (37km)
- Jardin de Planbuisson (40km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (45km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km)
- Jardin de Conty (47km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (49km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (33km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Bergerac (49km)
Geography and distances
Escoire is in the south-west of France at 10 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Escoire is 421 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Escoire
from Perigueux (prefecture): 10 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 536 km
from Bordeaux: 119 km
from Strasbourg: 645 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 Escoire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Antonne-et-Trigonant, Blis-et-Born, Cornille, Eyliac, Le Change, Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle and Trelissac.
This page in French: Visiter Escoire