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Ajat travel guide

Visit Ajat: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Ajat is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 24 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Ajat is 424 km from Paris and 647 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Plazac at 13 km from Ajat

Popular places to visit near Ajat: these include Plazac at 13 km and Montignac at 15 km.

Jardins du château de Hautefort is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ajat, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ajat

See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ajat.

Note that all distances from Ajat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Tourist attractions nearby

Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ajat and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (16km) : Jardins du château de Losse (17km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (23km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (31km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (35km) : Jardin de Conty (39km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (39km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (39km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (42km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (43km) :
2. National Monuments: Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (24km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (24km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (24km) : Font-de-Gaume (25km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (36km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (17km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (21km) : Limeuil (32km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (33km) : Beynac (37km) : Segur-le-Chateau (38km) : La Roque-Gageac (39km) : Belves (42km) : Domme (42km) : Turenne (46km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (17km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (21km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (23km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (24km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (28km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (29km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (31km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (31km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (34km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (24km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (17km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (34km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (42km) : Gourdon (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Ajat & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Ajat

Canton: Thenon

Arrondissement: Périgueux

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24210

Distance to Ajat

from Perigueux: 24 km

from Paris: 424 km

from Calais: 647 km

from Nice: 522 km

from Bordeaux: 130 km

from Strasbourg: 638 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ajat): Brouchaud, Fossemagne, Gabillou, Limeyrat, Montagnac-d'Auberoche, Saint-Antoine-d'Auberoche, Sainte-Orse and Thenon.

Getting here

Dordogne is in the south-west of France. 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 Ajat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Ajat