Coulaures travel guide
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Visit Coulaures: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Coulaures is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 25 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Coulaures is 408 km from Paris and 631 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Excideuil at 7 km from Coulaures
Popular places to visit near Coulaures: these include Excideuil at 7 km and Thiviers at 13 km.
Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Jardins du château de Hautefort is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Coulaures, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Coulaures
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Coulaures.
Note that all distances from Coulaures shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Coulaures holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Coulaures (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 Coulaures and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (14km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (32km) : Jardins du château de Losse (33km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (22km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (41km) : Font-de-Gaume (41km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (41km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (17km) : Segur-le-Chateau (29km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (34km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (34km) : Limeuil (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (22km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (24km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (34km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (34km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (25km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (29km) : Nontron (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Coulaures & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Coulaures
Canton: Savignac-les-Églises
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24420
Distance to Coulaures
from Perigueux: 25 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 631 km
from Nice: 530 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 630 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Coulaures): Excideuil, Mayac, Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, Saint-Martial-d'Albarede, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil and Savignac-les-Eglises.
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 Coulaures from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Coulaures