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Visit Villefranche-du-Perigord: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Surrounded by the forests that produce the famous local chestnuts, Villefranche-du-Perigord is a small and unspoiled bastide town

Villefranche-du-Perigord 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 Villefranche-du-Perigord in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Marminiac at 10 km and Chateau de Bonaguil at 11 km.

Villefranche-du-Perigord, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Prats-du-Perigord

at 7 km (direction )

Prats-du-Perigord is a small village with an impressive fortified church in the south-east of...

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Marminiac

at 10 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lot department

Marminiac is a small village with a church, traditional market hall and a tower...

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Chateau de Bonaguil

Castle at 11 km (direction south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

The medieval Chateau de Bonaguil, in a lovely woodland setting, is one of our...

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Saint-Pompon

at 12 km (direction north-east)

Saint-Pompon, France is a small village to the south of the Dordogne department with...

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Puy-l'Eveque

at 15 km (direction south-south-east), in the Lot department

Puy-l'Eveque is one of the most picturesque, and most visited, of the villages along...

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Daglan

at 15 km (direction north-east)

Daglan is a small village in the south of the Dordogne department on the...

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Monpazier

Most Beautiful Village at 16 km (direction west-north-west)

Monpazier is an exceptional 13th century bastide town, among the most beautiful villages in...

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Biron

at 16 km (direction west)

Biron is a picturesque village with an ancient church and an imposing castle, and...

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Chateau de Biron

Castle at 16 km (direction west)

The Chateau de Biron is a perfect way to discover the history and countryside...

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Chateau de Gavaudun

Castle at 17 km (direction west-south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

Chateau de Gavaudun, a ruined medieval castle, sits high on a rock in the...

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Chateau de Fumel

Castle at 17 km (direction south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

The Chateau de Fumel is not open to the public but a walk through...

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Belves

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction north-north-west)

Belves is one of the liveliest and most attractive small towns in the Dordogne...

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The Jardins de l'Albarede

Garden at 19 km (direction north-north-east)

The Jardins de l'Albarede is an attractive garden surrounded by wooded hills in the...

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Chateau de Castelnaud

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

The extensive Chateau de Castelnaud and the associated Museum of Medieval Weapons are very...

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Map of places to visit near Villefranche-du-Perigord

Markets in and near Villefranche-du-Perigord

• Sauveterre-la-Lemance: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (7km)
• Cazals: market Sunday (12km)
• Puy-l'Eveque: market Tuesday (15km)
• Monpazier: market Thursday (16km)
• Prayssac: market Friday (17km)
• Belves: market Saturday (17km)
• Monsempron-Libos: market Thursday (20km)
• Domme: market Thursday (22km)
• Catus: market Tuesday (22km)
• Saint-Cyprien: market Sunday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Villefranche-du-Perigord, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Rocamadour (47km)

Heritage sites

• Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km)
• Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km)
• Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
• Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
• Rocamadour basilique Saint-Sauveur (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Belves (17km)
• Domme (22km)
• La Roque-Gageac (23km)
• Beynac (24km)
• Monflanquin (27km)
• Limeuil (32km)
• Pujols (41km)
• Lauzerte (42km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (42km)

National Monuments

• Font-de-Gaume (34km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (34km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (34km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (34km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Gourdon (32km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (17km)
• Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (21km)
• Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (23km)
• Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (30km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (31km)
• Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (32km)
• Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (34km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (35km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (39km)
• Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (41km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (42km)
• Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (43km)
• Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (47km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de la Daille (15km)
• Jardins de l'Albarède (19km)
• Jardin de Conty (20km)
• Jardins du château de Caudon (22km)
• Jardins de Marqueyssac (23km)
• Jardins de la Bourlie (23km)
• Jardin de Planbuisson (28km)
• Jardins secrets de Cahors (35km)
• Jardin du Pèlerin (42km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (43km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (45km)
• Ets Latour-Marliac (52km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Monpazier (16km)
• Cahors (35km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (34km)
• Grottes de Fontirou (47km)

Towns of Art and history

• Sarlat (31km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (46km)

Geography and distances

Villefranche-du-Perigord is in the south-west of France at 68 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Villefranche-du-Perigord is 480 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 Villefranche-du-Perigord from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Besse, Lavaur, Loubejac, Mazeyrolles, Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm and Sauveterre-la-Lemance.

This page in French: Visiter Villefranche-du-Perigord