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Visit Tourtoirac: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The small village of Tourtoirac has a church and river walk as well as a cave system to visit

Tourtoirac 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 Tourtoirac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Excideuil at 7 km and Badefols d'Ans at 12 km.

Tourtoirac, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Hautefort

Castle at 7 km (direction east)

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

See Chateau de Hautefort guide

Excideuil

at 7 km (direction east)

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

See Excideuil guide

Badefols d'Ans

at 12 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Badefols d'Ans guide

Le Bouquet

at 15 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Le Bouquet guide

Sorges

at 15 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Sorges guide

Saint-Robert

at 18 km (direction east), in the Correze department

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

See Saint-Robert guide

Thiviers

at 20 km (direction north-west)

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

See Thiviers guide

Fanlac

at 23 km (direction south)

Fanlac is a charming village and was the location for the film and tv...

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Montignac

at 24 km (direction south-south-east)

Best known for being close to Lascaux caves, the small town of Montignac is...

See Montignac guide

Saint-Jean-de-Cole

Most Beautiful Village at 24 km (direction north-west)

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

See Saint-Jean-de-Cole guide

Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière

at 24 km (direction east), in the Correze department

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

See Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière guide

Terrasson

at 24 km (direction east-south-east)

The quiet town of Terrasson in the north of the department is best known...

See Terrasson guide

Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 25 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Les Jardins de l'Imaginaire

Garden at 25 km (direction east-south-east)

The Jardins de l'Imaginaire is a lovely contemporary garden in the Dordogne town of...

See Les Jardins de l'Imaginaire guide

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Reserve excursions near Tourtoirac

Map of places to visit near Tourtoirac

Markets in and near Tourtoirac

• Excideuil: market Thursday (7km)
• Thenon: market Tuesday (14km)
• Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (20km)
• Thiviers: market Saturday (20km)
• Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market Friday (20km)
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market Saturday (23km)
• Montignac: market Wednesday & Saturday (24km)
• Terrasson: market Thursday (24km)
• Objat: market Sunday (27km)
• Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (29km)

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Tourist attractions near Tourtoirac, France

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

Heritage sites

• Vezere Valley (26km)
• Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Jean-de-Cole (24km)
• Segur-le-Chateau (26km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (27km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (29km)
• Limeuil (45km)
• Turenne (47km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Puyguilhem (29km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (37km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (37km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (37km)
• Font-de-Gaume (37km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (29km)
• Nontron (42km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (19km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (27km)
• Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (29km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (29km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (29km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (32km)
• Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (33km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (34km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (44km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (44km)
• Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (44km)
• Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (47km)
• Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (53km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Hautefort (7km)
• Jardins de l'Imaginaire (25km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (27km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (39km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (37km)
• Gouffre de la Fage (41km)

Towns of Art and history

• Perigueux (28km)
• Sarlat (44km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Donzenac (37km)
• Uzerche (43km)
• Magnac-Bourg (48km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (42km)

Geography and distances

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

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anlhiac, Cherveix-Cubas, Chourgnac, Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil, Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans and Temple-Laguyon.

This page in French: Visiter Tourtoirac