Saint-Germain-Des-Pres tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Germain-Des-Pres: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Germain-Des-Pres 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Pres in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Excideuil at 5 km and Tourtoirac at 10 km.

Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Excideuil

at 5 km (direction east)

The town of Excideuil in the northern Dordogne has a lively market every Thursday...

See Excideuil guide

Tourtoirac

at 10 km (direction south-east)

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

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Le Bouquet

at 10 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Sorges

at 10 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Sorges guide

Thiviers

at 10 km (direction north-west)

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

See Thiviers guide

Saint-Jean-de-Cole

Most Beautiful Village at 15 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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Chateau de Hautefort

Castle at 15 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 18 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Badefols d'Ans

at 20 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Puyguilhem

Castle at 21 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

at 25 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-Robert

at 25 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 26 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,...

See Segur-le-Chateau guide

Brantome

at 27 km (direction 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Pres

Markets in and near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres

• Excideuil: market Thursday (5km)
• Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (10km)
• Thiviers: market Saturday (10km)
• Thenon: market Tuesday (23km)
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (27km)
• Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (27km)
• Brantome: market Friday (27km)
• Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (28km)
• Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market Friday (30km)
• Montignac: market Wednesday & Saturday (33km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, France

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

Heritage sites

• Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km)
• Vezere Valley (36km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Jean-de-Cole (15km)
• Segur-le-Chateau (26km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (37km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (38km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Puyguilhem (20km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (25km)
• Nontron (33km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (33km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (10km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (20km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km)
• Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (28km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (30km)
• Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (30km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (37km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (38km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Hautefort (15km)
• Jardins de l'Imaginaire (34km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (36km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (48km)
• Jardins du château de Montréal (56km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (42km)
• Gouffre de la Fage (49km)
• Grotte de Montgaudier (54km)

Towns of Art and history

• Perigueux (27km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Donzenac (44km)
• Uzerche (46km)
• Magnac-Bourg (46km)
• Pierre-Buffiere (48km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (36km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Germain-Des-Pres is in the south-west of France at 28 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Saint-Germain-Des-Pres 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Pres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Clermont-d'Excideuil, Corgnac-sur-l'Isle, Coulaures, Excideuil, Eyzerac, Saint-Jory-Las-Bloux, Saint-Martial-d'Albarede, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil and Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Germain-Des-Pres