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Visit Mayac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mayac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 20 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Mayac is 412 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Excideuil at 11 km from Mayac
Popular places to visit near Mayac: these include Excideuil at 11 km and Thiviers at 15 km.
Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Jardins du château de Hautefort is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Mayac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mayac
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mayac.
Note that all distances from Mayac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mayac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mayac (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 Mayac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (16km) : Jardins du château de Losse (32km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (33km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (45km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (48km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (21km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (39km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (39km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (39km) : Font-de-Gaume (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (18km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (32km) : Segur-le-Chateau (33km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (34km) : Limeuil (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (20km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (21km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (23km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (24km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (32km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (34km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (20km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (33km) : Nontron (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Mayac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mayac
Canton: Savignac-les-Églises
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24420
Distance to Mayac
from Perigueux: 20 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 532 km
from Bordeaux: 129 km
from Strasbourg: 634 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 Mayac): Coulaures, La Boissiere-d'Ans, Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil, Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, Savignac-les-Eglises and Sorges.
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 Mayac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mayac