Bussac travel guide
Visit Bussac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourdeilles at 6 km from Bussac
Location: Bussac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 13 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Bussac is 420 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Bussac: these include Bourdeilles at 6 km and Brantome at 11 km. Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) is a listed religious monument at 8 km and Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) is a listed religious monument at 9 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Bussac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bussac
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bussac.
Note that all distances from Bussac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bussac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Aquitaine and Dordogne gites and villas
Markets near Bussac
- Lisle: market every Tuesday (5km)
- Tocane-Saint-Apre: market every Monday & (9km)
- Brantome: market every Monday - seasonal market only - (11km)
- Brantome: market every Friday (11km)
- Perigueux: market every Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (13km)
- Saint-Astier: market every Thursday (15km)
- Riberac: market every Tuesday & Friday (21km)
- Mareuil: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market every Saturday (26km)
- Vergt: market every Friday (29km)
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 Bussac and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bussac map below.
Heritage Site Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (13km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Jean-de-Cole (25km); Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (34km); Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (48km)
National Monument Chateau de Puyguilhem (20km); Abri de Cap Blanc (49km); Abri of Laugerie-Haute (49km); Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (49km); Font-de-Gaume (50km)
Recommended Detour Nontron (29km)
Regional Natural Parc Perigord-Limousin (40km)
Religious Monument Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (8km); Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (9km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (11km); Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (13km); Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (20km); Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (21km); Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (29km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (46km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (46km); Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (48km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (50km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (54km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Montréal (31km); Logis de Forge (49km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Perigueux (13km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Grotte du Grand Roc (49km)
Town Of Art And History Perigueux (13km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Perigueux (13km)
Map of places to visit near Bussac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bussac
Canton: Brantôme
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24350
Distance to Bussac
from Perigueux (local prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 420 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 556 km
from Bordeaux: 105 km
from Strasbourg: 655 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bussac): Biras, Bourdeilles, Chateau de Bourdeilles, Creyssac, La Chapelle-Gonaguet, Lisle, Mensignac and Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches.
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 Bussac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bussac