Monpazier travel guide
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Visit Monpazier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monpazier is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 58 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Monpazier is 477 km from Paris and 701 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Monpazier (page also includes a photo gallery for Monpazier)
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Monpazier, France Rating: 5/5 Reviewed by Phyllis on
Popular places to visit near Monpazier: these include Chateau de Biron at 6 km and Montferrand-du-Perigord at 8 km.
Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Belves is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Monpazier: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages); Monpazier has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Monpazier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monpazier
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monpazier.
Note that all distances from Monpazier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monpazier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monpazier (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 Monpazier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Bourlie (15km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (18km) : Jardin de Conty (19km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (25km) : Jardin de la Daille (27km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (27km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (29km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (39km) : Jardins du château de Losse (43km) : Ets Latour-Marliac (44km) :
- National Monuments: Abri de Cap Blanc (30km) : Font-de-Gaume (30km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (30km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Belves (14km) : Monflanquin (19km) : Limeuil (23km) : Beynac (26km) : La Roque-Gageac (28km) : Domme (29km) : Pujols (37km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (8km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (14km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (22km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (23km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (25km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (34km) : Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Monpazier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monpazier
Canton: Monpazier
Arrondissement: Bergerac
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24540
Distance to Monpazier
from Perigueux: 58 km
from Paris: 477 km
from Calais: 701 km
from Nice: 520 km
from Bordeaux: 117 km
from Strasbourg: 679 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monpazier): Biron, Capdrot, Chateau de Biron, Gaugeac, Lavalade, Lolme, Marsales, Saint-Cassien, Saint-Marcory, Saint-Martin-de-Villereal, Saint-Romain-de-Monpazier, Soulaures and Vergt-de-Biron.
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 Monpazier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monpazier