Nontron travel guide
Visit Nontron: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Nontron travel guide
Location: Nontron is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 39 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Nontron is 391 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Nontron: Recommended detour town (fr: plus beau détour);
Popular places to visit near Nontron: these include Chateau de Puyguilhem at 14 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 18 km. Perigord-Limousin is a listed regional natural parc at 14 km and Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) is a listed religious monument at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Nontron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nontron
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nontron.
Note that all distances from Nontron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nontron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Nontron
- Piegut-Pluviers: market every Wednesday (11km)
- Brantome: market every Monday - seasonal market only - (19km)
- Brantome: market every Friday (19km)
- Mareuil: market every Tuesday (19km)
- Thiviers: market every Tuesday - seasonal market only - (24km)
- Thiviers: market every Saturday (24km)
- Chalus: market every Friday (29km)
- Lisle: market every Tuesday (29km)
- La Rochefoucauld: market every Wednesday & Saturday (32km)
- Tocane-Saint-Apre: market every Monday & (33km)
- Excideuil: market every Thursday (37km)
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre: market every Thursday & Sunday & (38km)
- Perigueux: market every Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (39km)
- Riberac: market every Tuesday & Friday (40km)
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 Nontron and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Nontron map below.
Heritage Site Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (39km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Jean-de-Cole (18km); Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (48km)
National Monument Chateau de Puyguilhem (14km)
Regional Natural Parc Perigord-Limousin (14km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (14km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (18km); Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (24km); Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (36km); Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (36km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (39km); Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (39km); Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (40km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (42km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (43km); Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de Liliane (35km); Jardins du château de Hautefort (48km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Perigueux (39km)
Town Of Art And History Perigueux (38km); Angouleme (43km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Perigueux (39km); Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (41km)
Map of places to visit near Nontron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nontron
Canton: Nontron
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24300
Distance to Nontron
from Perigueux (local prefecture): 39 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 561 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 635 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nontron): Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne, Saint-Martial-de-Valette, Saint-Martin-le-Pin, Savignac-de-Nontron and Sceau-Saint-Angel.
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 Nontron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nontron