Bessines-sur-Gartempe travel guide
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Visit Bessines-sur-Gartempe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessines-sur-Gartempe is situated in the Haute-Vienne department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Limoges, the department capital. (General information: Bessines-sur-Gartempe is 314 km from Paris and 539 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Souterraine at 17 km from Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Popular places to visit near Bessines-sur-Gartempe: these include La Souterraine at 17 km and Le-Dorat at 25 km.
Limoges is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 31km and Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat is a listed 'recommended detour' at 32km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bessines-sur-Gartempe: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; Listed as a village d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessines-sur-Gartempe
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Vienne and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bessines-sur-Gartempe.
Note that all distances from Bessines-sur-Gartempe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessines-sur-Gartempe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessines-sur-Gartempe (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Haute-Vienne gites and villas
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 Bessines-sur-Gartempe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (37km) : Jardin de Liliane (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (40km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (44km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Limoges (31km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessines-sur-Gartempe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Canton: Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Arrondissement: Bellac
Department: Haute-Vienne
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 87250
Distance to Bessines-sur-Gartempe
from Limoges: 31 km
from Paris: 314 km
from Calais: 539 km
from Nice: 536 km
from Bordeaux: 207 km
from Strasbourg: 554 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bessines-sur-Gartempe): Bersac-sur-Rivalier and Fromental.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bessines-sur-Gartempe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessines-sur-Gartempe