Montfaucon travel guide
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Visit Montfaucon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montfaucon is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 28 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Montfaucon is 468 km from Paris and 697 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rocamadour at 13 km from Montfaucon
Popular places to visit near Montfaucon: these include Rocamadour at 13 km and Gramat at 17 km.
Rocamadour is a listed 'grand site of france' at 14km and Causses du Quercy is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 16km. 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 Montfaucon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montfaucon
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montfaucon.
Note that all distances from Montfaucon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montfaucon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montfaucon (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Montfaucon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (25km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (28km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (30km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (33km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (35km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (37km) : Jardin de Conty (43km) :
- National Monuments: Assier Chateau (25km) : Chateau Montal (31km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (26km) : Loubressac (28km) : Autoire (28km) : Carennac (29km) : Domme (30km) : La Roque-Gageac (34km) : Beynac (37km) : Curemonte (38km) : Turenne (41km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (24km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (29km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (31km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (45km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (35km) : Figeac (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (21km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Montfaucon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montfaucon
Canton: Labastide-Murat
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46240
Distance to Montfaucon
from Cahors: 28 km
from Paris: 468 km
from Calais: 697 km
from Nice: 468 km
from Bordeaux: 170 km
from Strasbourg: 641 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 Montfaucon): Beaumat, Carlucet, Ginouillac, Labastide-Murat, Seniergues, Soucirac, Soulomes and Vaillac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montfaucon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montfaucon