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Visit Gignac: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Gignac is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 62 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Gignac is 434 km from Paris and 662 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Turenne at 11 km from Gignac

Popular places to visit near Gignac: these include Turenne at 11 km and Souillac at 12 km.

Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Turenne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. 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 Gignac, France

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

photo of Turenne
Turenne 11km
photo of Martel
Martel 14km
photo of Sarlat
Sarlat 23km

See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gignac.

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

Gignac holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gignac (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Gignac and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (11km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (18km) : Jardins du château de Losse (26km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (30km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (31km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (33km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (37km) : Jardin de la Daille (38km) : Jardin de Conty (39km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (31km) : Font-de-Gaume (35km) : Chateau Montal (35km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (36km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (36km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (36km) : Assier Chateau (49km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Turenne (11km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (17km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (18km) : Curemonte (23km) : Carennac (23km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (29km) : Domme (30km) : La Roque-Gageac (30km) : Beynac (31km) : Loubressac (31km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (12km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (18km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (29km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (30km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (43km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (44km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (47km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (49km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (23km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (23km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (21km) :
  8. Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (26km) :

Map of places to visit near Gignac & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Gignac

Canton: Souillac

Arrondissement: Gourdon

Department: Lot

Region: Midi-Pyrenees

Postcode: 46600

Distance to Gignac

from Cahors: 62 km

from Paris: 434 km

from Calais: 662 km

from Nice: 484 km

from Bordeaux: 161 km

from Strasbourg: 622 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gignac): Borreze, Cressensac, Estivals, Nadaillac and Nespouls.

Getting here

For driving distances to Gignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Gignac