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Visit Castels: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castels is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 43 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Castels is 454 km from Paris and 679 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau des Milandes at 7 km from Castels
Popular places to visit near Castels: these include Chateau des Milandes at 7 km and Chateau de Beynac at 8 km.
Font-de-Gaume is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Jardin de Conty is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. 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 Castels, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castels
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castels.
Note that all distances from Castels shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castels holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castels (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 Castels and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Conty (7km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (10km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (10km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (11km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (13km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (15km) : Jardins du château de Losse (19km) : Jardin de la Daille (24km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (24km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (34km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (7km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (8km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (8km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (8km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beynac (8km) : Belves (11km) : La Roque-Gageac (12km) : Limeuil (13km) : Domme (15km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (16km) : Monpazier (24km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (27km) : Monflanquin (44km) : Turenne (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (8km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (11km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (12km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (13km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (15km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (17km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (23km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (43km) : Bergerac (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (27km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Castels & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castels
Canton: Saint-Cyprien
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24220
Distance to Castels
from Perigueux: 43 km
from Paris: 454 km
from Calais: 679 km
from Nice: 512 km
from Bordeaux: 128 km
from Strasbourg: 656 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castels): Allas-les-Mines, Berbiguieres, Bezenac, Chateau des Milandes, Marnac, Meyrals, Mouzens, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse and Siorac-en-Perigord.
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 Castels from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castels