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La Douze travel guide

Visit La Douze: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: La Douze is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 18 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: La Douze is 437 km from Paris and 659 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Plazac at 14 km from La Douze

Popular places to visit near La Douze: these include Plazac at 14 km and Le Bugue at 16 km.

Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Perigueux is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. 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 La Douze, France

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

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

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

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (21km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (24km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (28km) : Jardin de Conty (32km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (32km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (33km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (35km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (35km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (38km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (39km) :
2. National Monuments: Abri of Laugerie-Haute (19km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (19km) : Font-de-Gaume (19km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (19km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (41km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Limeuil (19km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (19km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (30km) : Beynac (33km) : Belves (34km) : La Roque-Gageac (36km) : Domme (40km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (40km) : Monpazier (42km) :
4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (18km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (19km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (22km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (23km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (24km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (30km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (18km) : Bergerac (38km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (25km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (34km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (49km) :

Map of places to visit near La Douze & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Douze

Canton: Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac

Arrondissement: Périgueux

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24330

Distance to La Douze

from Perigueux: 18 km

from Paris: 437 km

from Calais: 659 km

from Nice: 531 km

from Bordeaux: 116 km

from Strasbourg: 654 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 La Douze): Lacropte, Marsaneix, Milhac-d'Auberoche, Saint-Felix-de-Reillac-et-Mortemart and Saint-Geyrac.

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 La Douze from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez La Douze