Excideuil tourism and travel guide

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Visit Excideuil: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The town of Excideuil in the northern Dordogne has a lively market every Thursday and is close to two of the most important castles in the region

Excideuil 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 Excideuil in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Hautefort at 11 km and Thiviers at 14 km.

Excideuil, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Tourtoirac

at 7 km (direction south)

The small village of Tourtoirac has a church and river walk as well as...

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Chateau de Hautefort

Castle at 11 km (direction south-east)

At Chateau de Hautefort you can see a vey imposing castle and also extensive...

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Thiviers

at 14 km (direction west-north-west)

Thiviers is a very typical Dordogne market town, best known for the foie gras...

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Le Bouquet

at 14 km (direction west)

The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped...

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Sorges

at 14 km (direction west)

Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an...

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Badefols d'Ans

at 17 km (direction south-east)

Badefols d'Ans is a small village around a castle and church...

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Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 17 km (direction south-east)

The Chateau de Jumilhac is in the northern Dordogn, within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural...

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Saint-Jean-de-Cole

Most Beautiful Village at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a small but very pretty village with a nice church and beautiful...

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Saint-Robert

at 21 km (direction east-south-east), in the Correze department

Centred around the 12th century Church of Saint-Robert, Saint-Robert is classed among the 'most...

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Segur-le-Chateau

Most Beautiful Village at 23 km (direction east-north-east), in the Correze department

The part of Segur-le-Chateau with medieval houses next to the river is especially beautiful,...

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Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

at 23 km (direction north-east), in the Haute-Vienne department

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a small town with a collegiale church and a small historic centre...

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Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière

at 25 km (direction east), in the Correze department

Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière is a small village with an unusual round church in the Corrèze countryside...

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Chateau de Puyguilhem

Castle at 26 km (direction west-north-west)

Extensive renovation work at the Chateau de Puyguilhem has brought a new lease of...

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Arnac-Pompadour

at 27 km (direction east), in the Correze department

The village of Arnac-Pompadour is centre for a Haras National, and also has an...

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Markets in and near Excideuil

Market days in Excideuil: weekly market: Thursday;

• Excideuil: market Thursday (0km)
• Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (14km)
• Thiviers: market Saturday (14km)
• Thenon: market Tuesday (22km)
• Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market Friday (27km)
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (28km)
• Objat: market Sunday (29km)
• Terrasson: market Thursday (30km)
• Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (31km)
• Montignac: market Wednesday & Saturday (31km)

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Tourist attractions near Excideuil, France

What to do at Excideuil? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Excideuil.

Heritage sites

• Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
• Vezere Valley (33km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Jean-de-Cole (19km)
• Segur-le-Chateau (23km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (34km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (36km)
• Turenne (52km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Puyguilhem (25km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (45km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (45km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (45km)
• Font-de-Gaume (45km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (23km)
• Nontron (37km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (36km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (25km)
• Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (31km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (32km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (33km)
• Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (34km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (34km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (36km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Hautefort (11km)
• Jardins de l'Imaginaire (31km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (35km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (45km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (44km)
• Grotte du Grand Roc (45km)
• Gouffre de la Fage (45km)

Towns of Art and history

• Perigueux (30km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Donzenac (39km)
• Uzerche (41km)
• Magnac-Bourg (43km)
• Pierre-Buffiere (46km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (35km)

Geography and distances

Excideuil is in the south-west of France at 31 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Excideuil is 404 kilometres from Paris).

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 Excideuil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anlhiac, Cherveix-Cubas, Clermont-d'Excideuil, Coulaures, Preyssac-d'Excideuil, Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, Saint-Martial-d'Albarede, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil and Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil.

This page in French: Visiter Excideuil