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Gaugeac travel guide

Visit Gaugeac: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Gaugeac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 59 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Gaugeac is 479 km from Paris and 702 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Monpazier at 2 km from Gaugeac

Popular places to visit near Gaugeac: these include Monpazier at 2 km and Chateau de Biron at 4 km.

Monpazier is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 2km and Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Gaugeac, France

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

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

Note that all distances from Gaugeac 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 Gaugeac and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Bourlie (17km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (20km) : Jardin de Conty (21km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (27km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (29km) : Jardin de la Daille (29km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (31km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (38km) : Ets Latour-Marliac (42km) : Jardins du château de Losse (45km) :
2. National Monuments: Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (32km) : Font-de-Gaume (32km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (32km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (32km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Monpazier (2km) : Belves (16km) : Monflanquin (17km) : Limeuil (24km) : Beynac (29km) : La Roque-Gageac (30km) : Domme (31km) : Pujols (34km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (42km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (9km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (16km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (24km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (25km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (27km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (37km) : Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (37km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (40km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (37km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (49km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (37km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (44km) :

Map of places to visit near Gaugeac & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Gaugeac

Canton: Monpazier

Arrondissement: Bergerac

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24540

Distance to Gaugeac

from Perigueux: 59 km

from Paris: 479 km

from Calais: 702 km

from Nice: 521 km

from Bordeaux: 116 km

from Strasbourg: 682 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gaugeac): Biron, Capdrot, Chateau de Biron, Lavalade, Lolme, Marsales, Monpazier, Parranquet, Saint-Cassien, Saint-Martin-de-Villereal, Saint-Romain-de-Monpazier, Soulaures, Tourliac and Vergt-de-Biron.

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

This page in French: Visitez Gaugeac