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Jayac travel guide

Visit Jayac: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Jayac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 52 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Jayac is 432 km from Paris and 659 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 8 km from Jayac

Popular places to visit near Jayac: these include Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 8 km and Terrasson at 11 km.

Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Saint-Amand-de-Coly is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. 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 Jayac, France

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

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

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

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (6km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (11km) : Jardins du château de Losse (17km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (27km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (27km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (30km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (30km) : Jardin de Conty (34km) : Jardin de la Daille (38km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (39km) :
2. National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (27km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (28km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (28km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (28km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (41km) : Chateau Montal (45km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Amand-de-Coly (8km) : Turenne (19km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (20km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (25km) : La Roque-Gageac (26km) : Beynac (27km) : Domme (27km) : Carennac (33km) : Curemonte (33km) : Belves (39km) :
4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (8km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (20km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (33km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (39km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (40km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (41km) :
5. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (13km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (19km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (24km) :
8. Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (34km) :

Map of places to visit near Jayac & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Jayac

Canton: Salignac-Eyvigues

Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24590

Distance to Jayac

from Perigueux: 52 km

from Paris: 432 km

from Calais: 659 km

from Nice: 494 km

from Bordeaux: 153 km

from Strasbourg: 627 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 Jayac): Archignac, La Cassagne, La Dornac, Nadaillac and Paulin.

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

This page in French: Visitez Jayac