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Visit Sorges: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an ecomuseum dedicated to the history and cultivation of truffles.

Sorges is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Attractions in Sorges

The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped box formed into different geometric patterns.: Le Bouquet

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Sorges in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Thiviers at 13 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 13 km.

Sorges, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Le Bouquet

less than one km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Thiviers

at 13 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Saint-Jean-de-Cole

Most Beautiful Village at 13 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Excideuil

at 14 km (direction east)

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

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Tourtoirac

at 15 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau de Puyguilhem

Castle at 17 km (direction north-west)

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

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Perigueux

at 17 km (direction south-west)

One of our favourite towns in the Dordogne, Perigueux has an imposing byzantine cathedral...

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Perigueux cathedral

Cathedral at 18 km (direction south-west)

The cathedral in Perigueux combines roman and byzantine elements to create a most unusual...

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Brantome

at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

In an idyllic setting on the Isle River and with an imposing abbey, Brantome...

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Brantome Abbey

Abbey at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

Brantome Abbey is an impressive abbey with troglodyte caves in the beautiful town of...

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Chateau de Hautefort

Castle at 22 km (direction east)

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

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Bourdeilles

at 22 km (direction west)

Close to Brantome, the Chateau de Bourdeilles is quite modest compared with some in...

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Chateau de Bourdeilles

Castle at 22 km (direction west)

The Chateau de Bourdeilles consists of a medieval defensive castle and a Renaissance castle...

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Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 25 km (direction north-east)

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

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Markets in and near Sorges

• Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (14km)
• Thiviers: market Saturday (14km)
• Excideuil: market Thursday (14km)
• Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (18km)
• Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (19km)
• Brantome: market Friday (19km)
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (21km)
• Thenon: market Tuesday (24km)
• Lisle: market Tuesday (26km)
• Tocane-Saint-Apre: market Monday & (30km)

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Tourist attractions near Sorges, France

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

Heritage sites

• Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (18km)
• Vezere Valley (37km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Jean-de-Cole (13km)
• Segur-le-Chateau (36km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (37km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (40km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Puyguilhem (16km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (43km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (43km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (43km)
• Font-de-Gaume (43km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Nontron (30km)
• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (35km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (34km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (16km)
• Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (19km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (19km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (20km)
• Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (20km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (37km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (40km)
• Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (42km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (45km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Hautefort (22km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (37km)
• Jardins de l'Imaginaire (39km)
• Jardins du château de Montréal (46km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (51km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (43km)
• Grotte de Montgaudier (51km)

Towns of Art and history

• Perigueux (17km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Magnac-Bourg (56km)
• Pierre-Buffiere (57km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (44km)

Geography and distances

Sorges is in the south-west of France at 18 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Sorges is 410 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 Sorges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ligueux, Mayac, Negrondes and Savignac-les-Eglises.

This page in French: Visiter Sorges