Villars tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Chateau de Puyguilhem at 1 km from Villars
Visit Villars: highlights and tourist information
Villars is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Attractions in Villars
Extensive renovation work at the Chateau de Puyguilhem has brought a new lease of life to this Renaissance style castle: Chateau de Puyguilhem
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Villars in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Puyguilhem at 1 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 7 km.
Villars, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Chateau de Puyguilhem
Castle at 1 km (direction west-north-west)Extensive renovation work at the Chateau de Puyguilhem has brought a new lease of...
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Saint-Jean-de-Cole
Most Beautiful Village at 7 km (direction east)Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a small but very pretty village with a nice church and beautiful...
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Brantome
at 10 km (direction west-south-west)In an idyllic setting on the Isle River and with an imposing abbey, Brantome...
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Brantome Abbey
Abbey at 10 km (direction west-south-west)Brantome Abbey is an impressive abbey with troglodyte caves in the beautiful town of...
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Thiviers
at 13 km (direction east)Thiviers is a very typical Dordogne market town, best known for the foie gras...
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Nontron
at 14 km (direction north-west)Nontron is a quiet town within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park to the north...
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Sorges
at 16 km (direction south-east)Sorges is a village in the Dordogne renowned for its truffles and has an...
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Le Bouquet
at 16 km (direction south-east)The Jardin du Bouquet is a large park containing 50 different gardens of clipped...
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Bourdeilles
at 17 km (direction west-south-west)Close to Brantome, the Chateau de Bourdeilles is quite modest compared with some in...
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Chateau de Bourdeilles
Castle at 17 km (direction west-south-west)The Chateau de Bourdeilles consists of a medieval defensive castle and a Renaissance castle...
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Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert
at 23 km (direction north-west)Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert is a charming village with a church and castle and a lovely riverside...
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Mareuil-en-Perigord
at 24 km (direction west)The village of Mareuil in Mareuil-en-Perigord was one of the four baronies of the...
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Excideuil
at 25 km (direction east-south-east)The town of Excideuil in the northern Dordogne has a lively market every Thursday...
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Perigueux
at 25 km (direction south)One of our favourite towns in the Dordogne, Perigueux has an imposing byzantine cathedral...
See Perigueux guide
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Reserve excursions near Villars
Map of places to visit near Villars
Markets in and near Villars
- Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (10km)
- Brantome: market Friday (10km)
- Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (13km)
- Thiviers: market Saturday (13km)
- Lisle: market Tuesday (22km)
- Piegut-Pluviers: market Wednesday (24km)
- Mareuil: market Tuesday (24km)
- Excideuil: market Thursday (25km)
- Perigueux: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (26km)
- Tocane-Saint-Apre: market Monday & (27km)
More information about Villars, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Villars, France
What to do at Villars? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Villars.
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cole (7km)
- Segur-le-Chateau (43km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (55km)
National Monuments
- Chateau de Puyguilhem (0km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Nontron (14km)
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (37km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Perigord-Limousin (21km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (0km)
- Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (10km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km)
- Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (25km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (25km)
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (27km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (38km)
- Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (49km)
- Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (55km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (55km)
- Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (57km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Hautefort (36km)
- Jardin de Liliane (42km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (51km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (52km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (34km)
- Grotte de Montgaudier (35km)
Towns of Art and history
- Perigueux (25km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- La Rochefoucauld (46km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (40km)
Geography and distances
Villars is in the south-west of France at 26 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Villars is 401 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Villars
from Perigueux (prefecture): 26 km
from Paris: 401 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 550 km
from Bordeaux: 123 km
from Strasbourg: 636 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 Villars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Champagnac-de-Belair, Condat-sur-Trincou, La Chapelle-Faucher, Milhac-de-Nontron, Quinsac, Saint-Front-la-Riviere and Saint-Pierre-de-Cole.
This page in French: Visiter Villars