Lascaux caves travel guide
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Visit Lascaux caves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lascaux caves is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 38 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Lascaux caves is 432 km from Paris and 658 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lascaux caves (page also includes a photo gallery for Lascaux caves)
Popular places to visit near Lascaux caves: these include Montignac at 2 km and Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 6 km.
Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km and Jardins du château de Losse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km. 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 Lascaux caves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lascaux caves
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lascaux caves.
Note that all distances from Lascaux caves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lascaux caves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lascaux caves (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 Dordogne 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 Lascaux caves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (4km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (13km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (15km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (26km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (28km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (29km) : Jardin de Conty (29km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (31km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (32km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (17km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (18km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (18km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Amand-de-Coly (6km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (8km) : Beynac (24km) : La Roque-Gageac (25km) : Domme (28km) : Limeuil (29km) : Turenne (32km) : Belves (34km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (38km) : Segur-le-Chateau (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (8km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (19km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (26km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (28km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (30km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (33km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lascaux caves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grottes de Lascaux
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: na
Distance to Lascaux caves
from Perigueux: 38 km
from Paris: 432 km
from Calais: 658 km
from Nice: 507 km
from Bordeaux: 139 km
from Strasbourg: 636 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 Lascaux caves): Aubas, Auriac-du-Perigord, Fanlac, La Chapelle-Aubareil, Montignac, Sergeac, Thonac and Valojoulx.
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 Lascaux caves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lascaux caves