Chaleix travel guide
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Visit Chaleix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaleix is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 40 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Chaleix is 387 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thiviers at 10 km from Chaleix
Popular places to visit near Chaleix: these include Thiviers at 10 km and Chateau de Jumilhac at 11 km.
Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. 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 Chaleix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaleix
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaleix.
Note that all distances from Chaleix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaleix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaleix (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 Chaleix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (29km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (33km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (12km) : Segur-le-Chateau (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (10km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (17km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (39km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (39km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (39km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (40km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (23km) : Perigueux (40km) : Limoges (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (21km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaleix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaleix
Canton: Jumilhac-le-Grand
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24800
Distance to Chaleix
from Perigueux: 40 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 540 km
from Bordeaux: 140 km
from Strasbourg: 619 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaleix): La Coquille, Mialet, Saint-Jory-de-Chalais and Saint-Paul-la-Roche.
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 Chaleix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaleix