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Escoire travel guide

Visit Escoire: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Escoire is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 10 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Escoire is 421 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Perigueux at 10 km from Escoire

Popular places to visit near Escoire: these include Perigueux at 10 km and Excideuil at 22 km.

Perigueux is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 Escoire, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Escoire

See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Escoire.

Note that all distances from Escoire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Escoire and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (24km) : Jardins du château de Losse (30km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (37km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (37km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (40km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (45km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km) : Jardin de Conty (47km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (49km) :
2. National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (25km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (33km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (33km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (33km) : Font-de-Gaume (34km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (24km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (29km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (35km) : Limeuil (36km) : Segur-le-Chateau (44km) : Beynac (47km) :
4. Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (10km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (14km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (15km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (23km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (24km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (29km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (34km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (35km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (10km) : Bergerac (49km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (31km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (46km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (39km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (44km) :

Map of places to visit near Escoire & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Escoire

Canton: Savignac-les-Églises

Arrondissement: Périgueux

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24420

Distance to Escoire

from Perigueux: 10 km

from Paris: 421 km

from Calais: 643 km

from Nice: 536 km

from Bordeaux: 119 km

from Strasbourg: 645 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Escoire): Antonne-et-Trigonant, Blis-et-Born, Cornille, Eyliac, Le Change, Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle and Trelissac.

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 Escoire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Escoire