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Bars travel guide

Visit Bars: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Bars is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 29 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Bars is 429 km from Paris and 653 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Plazac at 7 km from Bars

Popular places to visit near Bars: these include Plazac at 7 km and Montignac at 9 km.

Jardins du château de Losse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 10km. 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 Bars, France

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

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

Note that all distances from Bars 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 Bars and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (9km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (19km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (19km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (25km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (31km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (32km) : Jardin de Conty (33km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (33km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (35km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (35km) :
2. National Monuments: Abri of Laugerie-Haute (18km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (18km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (18km) : Font-de-Gaume (18km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (43km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (10km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (15km) : Limeuil (27km) : Beynac (30km) : La Roque-Gageac (32km) : Domme (35km) : Belves (36km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (40km) : Segur-le-Chateau (41km) : Turenne (41km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (10km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (26km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (26km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (27km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (28km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (31km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (31km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (33km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (29km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (10km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (26km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (40km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (48km) :

Map of places to visit near Bars & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Bars

Canton: Thenon

Arrondissement: Périgueux

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24210

Distance to Bars

from Perigueux: 29 km

from Paris: 429 km

from Calais: 653 km

from Nice: 517 km

from Bordeaux: 132 km

from Strasbourg: 639 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bars): Auriac-du-Perigord, Azerat, Fanlac 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 Bars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Bars