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Besse travel guide

Visit Besse: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Besse is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 65 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Besse is 475 km from Paris and 701 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Besse: these include Villefranche-du-Perigord at 5 km and Belves at 14 km.

Jardin de la Daille is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Jardins de l'Albarède is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Besse, France

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

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

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

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (11km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (14km) : Jardin de Conty (16km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (17km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (18km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (20km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (25km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (36km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (38km) : Jardins du château de Losse (40km) :
2. National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (30km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (31km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (31km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (31km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Belves (14km) : Monpazier (17km) : Domme (17km) : La Roque-Gageac (18km) : Beynac (19km) : Limeuil (30km) : Monflanquin (31km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (38km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (45km) : Lauzerte (46km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (14km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (16km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (23km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (25km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (26km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (32km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (33km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (38km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (36km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (43km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (26km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (28km) :
9. Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Besse & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Besse

Canton: Villefranche-du-Périgord

Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24550

Distance to Besse

from Perigueux: 65 km

from Paris: 475 km

from Calais: 701 km

from Nice: 503 km

from Bordeaux: 134 km

from Strasbourg: 668 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Besse): Campagnac-les-Quercy, Orliac, Prats-du-Perigord, Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm and Villefranche-du-Perigord.

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 Besse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Besse