Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Grotte de Rouffignac at 12 km from Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac
Visit Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: highlights and tourist information
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac 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-Pierre-de-Chignac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Grotte de Rouffignac at 12 km and Perigueux cathedral at 12 km.
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Grotte de Rouffignac
Cave at 12 km (direction east-south-east)The Grotte de Rouffignac contains engravings and drawings of more than 100 mammoths...
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Perigueux cathedral
Cathedral at 12 km (direction west-north-west)The cathedral in Perigueux combines roman and byzantine elements to create a most unusual...
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Perigueux
at 13 km (direction west-north-west)One of our favourite towns in the Dordogne, Perigueux has an imposing byzantine cathedral...
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Plazac
at 17 km (direction east-south-east)The village of Plazac is very small but well worth exploring, and well placed...
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Fanlac
at 20 km (direction east-south-east)Fanlac is a charming village and was the location for the film and tv...
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Sorges
at 21 km (direction east-south-east)Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an...
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Le Bouquet
at 21 km (direction east-south-east)The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped...
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La-Roque-Saint-Christophe
Cave at 22 km (direction east-south-east)The prehistoric dwellings built in the cliffs at La Roque-Saint-Christophe are one of the...
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Laugerie-Basse
Cave at 22 km (direction south-east)Laugerie Basse is a prehistoric shelter in the Vezere Valley in the Dordogne...
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Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere
Most Beautiful Village at 22 km (direction east-south-east)In the heart of the UNESCO listed Vézère Valley, the village of Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère is...
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The Grotte du Grand Roc
Cave at 22 km (direction south-east)The Grotte du Grand Roc is a beautiful natural cave system in the Dordogne....
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Le Moustier
at 23 km (direction east-south-east)Le Moustier is a small village that is home to two prehistoric shelters of...
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Tourtoirac
at 23 km (direction north-east)The small village of Tourtoirac has a church and river walk as well as...
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Le Bugue
at 23 km (direction south-south-east)The town of Le Bugue, on the Dordogne river banks, is very well situated...
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Map of places to visit near Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac
Markets in and near Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac
Market days in Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: weekly market: Saturday;
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (0km)
- Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (13km)
- Vergt: market Friday (15km)
- Thenon: market Tuesday (17km)
- Le Bugue: market Tuesday (23km)
- Les Eyzies: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (24km)
- Montignac: market Wednesday & Saturday (25km)
- Saint-Astier: market Thursday (26km)
- Excideuil: market Thursday (28km)
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market Friday (29km)
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Tourist attractions near Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac, France
What to do at Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac.
Heritage sites
- Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (12km)
- Vezere Valley (26km)
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
- Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (39km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (22km)
- Limeuil (26km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (31km)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cole (33km)
- Beynac (39km)
- Belves (40km)
- La Roque-Gageac (42km)
- Domme (45km)
- Segur-le-Chateau (49km)
National Monuments
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (24km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (24km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (24km)
- Font-de-Gaume (25km)
- Chateau de Puyguilhem (34km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (51km)
- Gourdon (53km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (13km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (18km)
- Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (19km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (22km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (24km)
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (27km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (28km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (31km)
- Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (32km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (33km)
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (34km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (38km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (40km)
- Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (42km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (43km)
- Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (45km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (53km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Losse (24km)
- Jardins du château de Hautefort (28km)
- Jardin de Planbuisson (31km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (34km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (35km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (35km)
- Jardin de Conty (38km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (40km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (41km)
- Jardins de l'Albarède (45km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (45km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (24km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Bergerac (42km)
Geography and distances
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac is in the south-west of France at 13 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac is 430 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac
from Perigueux (prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 430 km
from Calais: 652 km
from Nice: 533 km
from Bordeaux: 117 km
from Strasbourg: 650 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 Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Eyliac, Marsaneix, Milhac-d'Auberoche, Saint-Crepin-d'Auberoche, Saint-Geyrac, Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire and Sainte-Marie-de-Chignac.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac