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Visit Carves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carves is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 52 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Carves is 463 km from Paris and 688 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belves at 5 km from Carves
Popular places to visit near Carves: these include Belves at 5 km and Chateau des Milandes at 6 km.
Jardin de Conty is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Belves is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km. 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 Carves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carves
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carves.
Note that all distances from Carves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carves (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 Carves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Conty (2km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (8km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (9km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (10km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (12km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (14km) : Jardin de la Daille (17km) : Jardins du château de Losse (27km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (29km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (42km) :
- National Monuments: Abri de Cap Blanc (17km) : Font-de-Gaume (17km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (17km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Belves (5km) : Beynac (8km) : La Roque-Gageac (10km) : Domme (12km) : Monpazier (18km) : Limeuil (18km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (25km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (34km) : Monflanquin (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (5km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (11km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (14km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (14km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (17km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (19km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (25km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (46km) : Cahors (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Carves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carves
Canton: Belvès
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24170
Distance to Carves
from Perigueux: 52 km
from Paris: 463 km
from Calais: 688 km
from Nice: 509 km
from Bordeaux: 130 km
from Strasbourg: 662 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carves): Allas-les-Mines, Belves, Berbiguieres, Chateau des Milandes, Cladech, Grives, Larzac, Marnac, Monplaisant, Sagelat, Saint-Amand-de-Belves, Saint-Germain-de-Belves, Saint-Laurent-la-Vallee, Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse, Sainte-Foy-de-Belves and Veyrines-de-Domme.
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 Carves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carves