Monfaucon travel guide
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Visit Monfaucon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monfaucon is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 48 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Monfaucon is 467 km from Paris and 682 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande at 8 km from Monfaucon
Popular places to visit near Monfaucon: these include Sainte-Foy-la-Grande at 8 km and Eynesse at 12 km.
Jardins du Sardy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Montcaret Archaeological site is a listed 'national monument' at 15km. 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 Monfaucon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monfaucon
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monfaucon.
Note that all distances from Monfaucon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monfaucon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monfaucon (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 Monfaucon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Sardy (12km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (20km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (30km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (43km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (45km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (45km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (46km) :
- National Monuments: Montcaret Archaeological site (15km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (25km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (31km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (38km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (46km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (47km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (47km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (48km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (49km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (21km) : Perigueux (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Monfaucon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monfaucon
Canton: Force
Arrondissement: Bergerac
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24130
Distance to Monfaucon
from Perigueux: 48 km
from Paris: 467 km
from Calais: 682 km
from Nice: 575 km
from Bordeaux: 65 km
from Strasbourg: 702 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monfaucon): Fougueyrolles, Fraisse, Le Fleix, Saint-Geraud-de-Corps, Saint-Meard-de-Gurcon and Saint-Remy.
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 Monfaucon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monfaucon