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Visit Fumel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fumel is situated in the Lot-et-Garonne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 43 km from Agen, the department capital. (General information: Fumel is 495 km from Paris and 720 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Fumel: these include Chateau de Fumel at 1 km and Chateau de Bonaguil at 6 km.
Monflanquin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Monpazier is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 21km. 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 Fumel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fumel
See France This Way travel guides for Lot-et-Garonne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fumel.
Note that all distances from Fumel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fumel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fumel (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 Lot-et-Garonne 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 Fumel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (31km) : Jardin du Pèlerin (31km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (34km) : Jardin de Conty (34km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (36km) : Ets Latour-Marliac (37km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (38km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (39km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (39km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (39km) :
- National Monuments: Abri of Laugerie-Haute (48km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (48km) : Font-de-Gaume (48km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Monflanquin (15km) : Monpazier (21km) : Pujols (25km) : Belves (30km) : Lauzerte (31km) : Domme (39km) : Beynac (40km) : La Roque-Gageac (40km) : Limeuil (43km) : Auvillar (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (23km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (24km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (28km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (31km) : Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (31km) : Abbaye de Saint Maurin (Saint-Maurin) (33km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (38km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (38km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (39km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Fumel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fumel
Canton: Fumel
Arrondissement: Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Department: Lot-et-Garonne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 47500
Distance to Fumel
from Agen: 43 km
from Paris: 495 km
from Calais: 720 km
from Nice: 512 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 689 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 Fumel): Chateau de Bonaguil, Chateau de Fumel, Condezaygues, Cuzorn, Monsempron-Libos, Montayral, Saint-Vite and Soturac.
Getting here
Lot-et-Garonne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Bordeaux or Bergerac. To drive from the UK allow around 10-11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Fumel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fumel