Font-de-Gaume travel guide
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Visit Font-de-Gaume: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Font-de-Gaume is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 37 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Font-de-Gaume is 447 km from Paris and 672 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Font-de-Gaume (page also includes a photo gallery for Font-de-Gaume)
Popular places to visit near Font-de-Gaume: these include Les Eyzies at 1 km and Chateau de Commarque at 2 km.
Abri de Cap Blanc is a listed 'national monument' at 1km and Grotte du Grand Roc is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 1km. 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 Font-de-Gaume, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Font-de-Gaume
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Font-de-Gaume.
Note that all distances from Font-de-Gaume shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Font-de-Gaume holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Font-de-Gaume (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 Font-de-Gaume and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (13km) : Jardin de Conty (14km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (14km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (15km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (16km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (20km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (21km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (24km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (30km) : Jardin de la Daille (31km) :
- National Monuments: Abri de Cap Blanc (1km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (1km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (1km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (9km) : Limeuil (12km) : Beynac (14km) : La Roque-Gageac (17km) : Belves (18km) : Domme (21km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (22km) : Monpazier (30km) : Turenne (46km) : Monflanquin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (10km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (14km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (14km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (17km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (18km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (20km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (22km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (37km) : Bergerac (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Font-de-Gaume & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Font-de-Gaume
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: na
Distance to Font-de-Gaume
from Perigueux: 37 km
from Paris: 447 km
from Calais: 672 km
from Nice: 515 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 653 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 Font-de-Gaume): Campagne, Chateau de Commarque, Les Eyzies, Manaurie, Meyrals, Saint-Cirq, Tursac and Vezere Valley.
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 Font-de-Gaume from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Font-de-Gaume