Grives tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Belves at 6 km from Grives
Visit Grives: highlights and tourist information
Grives 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 Grives in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Belves at 6 km and Saint-Pompon at 7 km.
Grives, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Belves
Most Beautiful Village at 6 km (direction west)Belves is one of the liveliest and most attractive small towns in the Dordogne...
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Saint-Pompon
at 7 km (direction east-south-east)Saint-Pompon, France is a small village to the south of the Dordogne department with...
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Chateau des Milandes
Castle at 7 km (direction north-north-east)The beautifully restored Chateau des Milandes, in Renaissance style, is best known for its...
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La Musée de la Rue du temps qui passe
Museum at 8 km (direction north-north-east)The musée de la rue du temps qui passe is an atmospheric step back...
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The Jardins de l'Albarede
Garden at 8 km (direction east-north-east)The Jardins de l'Albarede is an attractive garden surrounded by wooded hills in the...
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Chateau de Castelnaud
Castle at 8 km (direction north-east)The extensive Chateau de Castelnaud and the associated Museum of Medieval Weapons are very...
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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Most Beautiful Village at 8 km (direction north-east)Castelnaud-la-Chapelle is a very pretty village best known for the Chateau de castelnaud, the...
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Prats-du-Perigord
at 8 km (direction south)Prats-du-Perigord is a small village with an impressive fortified church in the south-east of...
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Saint Vincent de Cosse
at 9 km (direction north-north-east)Saint Vincent de Cosse is a charming village with some beautiful houses and rural...
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Jardins de Marqueyssac
Garden at 9 km (direction north-east)The beautiful gardens of Marqueyssac are the most visited gardens in Aquitaine...
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Daglan
at 9 km (direction east)Daglan is a small village in the south of the Dordogne department on the...
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Siorac-en-Perigord
at 9 km (direction west-north-west)Siorac-en-Perigord is a peaceful village close to the main sights of the Dordogne....
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Beynac
Most Beautiful Village at 10 km (direction north-east)One of the most beautiful villages in France and also with stunning views and...
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Chateau de Beynac
Castle at 10 km (direction north-east)High on a clifftop and beautifully restored, the Chateau de Beynac is our favourite...
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... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Dordogne
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Reserve excursions near Grives
Map of places to visit near Grives
Markets in and near Grives
- Belves: market Saturday (6km)
- Domme: market Thursday (12km)
- Saint-Cyprien: market Sunday (12km)
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: market Friday (16km)
- Monpazier: market Thursday (17km)
- Cazals: market Sunday (18km)
- Sarlat: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (18km)
- Les Eyzies: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (20km)
- Sauveterre-la-Lemance: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (20km)
- Le Bugue: market Tuesday (21km)
More information about Grives, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Grives, France
What to do at Grives? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Grives.
Grand sites of France
- Rocamadour (43km)
Heritage sites
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km)
- Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (21km)
- Vezere Valley (32km)
- Rocamadour basilique Saint-Sauveur (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
- Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (45km)
- Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (46km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Belves (6km)
- Beynac (10km)
- La Roque-Gageac (11km)
- Domme (12km)
- Limeuil (20km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (27km)
- Monflanquin (36km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (36km)
- Turenne (51km)
- Pujols (52km)
National Monuments
- Font-de-Gaume (19km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (20km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (20km)
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (20km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Gourdon (25km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (6km)
- Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (11km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (16km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (18km)
- Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (20km)
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (23km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (23km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (25km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (27km)
- Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (35km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (36km)
- Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (56km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de Conty (5km)
- Jardins de l'Albarède (8km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (9km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (11km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (12km)
- Jardin de la Daille (15km)
- Jardin de Planbuisson (16km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (30km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (30km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (44km)
- Jardins secrets de Cahors (46km)
- Ets Latour-Marliac (61km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (20km)
- Gouffre de la Fage (51km)
Towns of Art and history
- Sarlat (18km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (43km)
Geography and distances
Grives is in the south-west of France at 55 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Grives is 465 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Grives
from Perigueux (prefecture): 55 km
from Paris: 465 km
from Calais: 690 km
from Nice: 507 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 662 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 Grives from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Belves, Carves, Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Cladech, Doissat, Larzac, Orliac, Sagelat, Saint-Amand-de-Belves, Saint-Germain-de-Belves, Saint-Laurent-la-Vallee, Saint-Pompon, Sainte-Foy-de-Belves and Veyrines-de-Domme.
This page in French: Visiter Grives