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Visit Carlux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carlux is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 60 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Carlux is 448 km from Paris and 675 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Montfort at 6 km from Carlux
Popular places to visit near Carlux: these include Chateau de Montfort at 6 km and Gourdon (Lot) at 7 km.
Gourdon is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Carlux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carlux
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carlux.
Note that all distances from Carlux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carlux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carlux (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 Aquitaine and Dordogne 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 Carlux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (10km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (14km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (16km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (18km) : Jardin de la Daille (22km) : Jardins du château de Losse (24km) : Jardin de Conty (25km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (27km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (33km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (35km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (26km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (27km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (27km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (27km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (37km) : Chateau Montal (40km) : Assier Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Domme (14km) : La Roque-Gageac (15km) : Beynac (17km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (22km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (25km) : Turenne (26km) : Carennac (30km) : Belves (30km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (31km) : Curemonte (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (10km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (11km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (15km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (25km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (30km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (32km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (35km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (11km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (7km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Carlux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carlux
Canton: Carlux
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24370
Distance to Carlux
from Perigueux: 60 km
from Paris: 448 km
from Calais: 675 km
from Nice: 489 km
from Bordeaux: 152 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carlux): Calviac-en-Perigord, Lamothe-Fenelon, Masclat, Nadaillac-de-Rouge, Orliaguet, Peyrillac-et-Millac, Prats-de-Carlux, Saint-Julien-de-Lampon, Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel, Sainte-Mondane, Sainte-Nathalene, Simeyrols and Veyrignac.
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 Carlux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carlux