Lavaur travel guide
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Visit Lavaur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavaur is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 68 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Lavaur is 482 km from Paris and 707 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Villefranche-du-Perigord at 5 km from Lavaur
Popular places to visit near Lavaur: these include Villefranche-du-Perigord at 5 km and Chateau de Bonaguil at 8 km.
Monpazier is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Belves is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Lavaur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavaur
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lavaur.
Note that all distances from Lavaur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavaur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavaur (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 Lavaur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (20km) : Jardin de Conty (22km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (23km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (26km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (26km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (27km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (38km) : Jardin du Pèlerin (41km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abri of Laugerie-Haute (36km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (36km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (36km) : Font-de-Gaume (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Monpazier (13km) : Belves (18km) : Monflanquin (22km) : Domme (26km) : La Roque-Gageac (27km) : Beynac (27km) : Limeuil (32km) : Pujols (37km) : Lauzerte (41km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (18km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (21km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (25km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (27km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (34km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (35km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (36km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavaur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavaur
Canton: Villefranche-du-Périgord
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24550
Distance to Lavaur
from Perigueux: 68 km
from Paris: 482 km
from Calais: 707 km
from Nice: 508 km
from Bordeaux: 129 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lavaur): Blanquefort-sur-Briolance, Loubejac, Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm, Saint-Front-sur-Lemance, Sauveterre-la-Lemance and Villefranche-du-Perigord.
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 Lavaur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavaur