Cahors travel guide
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Visit Cahors: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cahors is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Lot department. (General information: Cahors is 495 km from Paris and 724 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Cahors (page also includes a photo gallery for Cahors)
Popular places to visit near Cahors: these include Saint-Cirq-Lapopie at 18 km and Puy-l'Eveque at 25 km.
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Causses du Quercy is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cahors: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Cahors has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cahors, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cahors
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cahors.
Note that all distances from Cahors shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cahors holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cahors (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Cahors and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (32km) : Jardin du Pèlerin (32km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (43km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (44km) : Jardins de Quercy (45km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (47km) :
- National Monuments: Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (42km) : Assier Chateau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (18km) : Lauzerte (32km) : Domme (43km) : La Roque-Gageac (47km) : Bruniquel (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (43km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (43km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Pierre (Moissac) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cayriech (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montauban (47km) : Villefranche-de-Rouergue (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Cahors & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cahors
Canton: Cahors
Arrondissement: Cahors
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46000
Distance to Cahors
from Cahors: 0 km
from Paris: 495 km
from Calais: 724 km
from Nice: 473 km
from Bordeaux: 165 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cahors): Arcambal, Flaujac-Poujols, Lamagdelaine, Laroque-Des-Arcs, Mercues, Pradines and Trespoux-Rassiels.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cahors from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cahors