Padirac travel guide
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Visit Padirac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Padirac is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 50 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Padirac is 449 km from Paris and 679 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Autoire at 5 km from Padirac
Popular places to visit near Padirac: these include Autoire at 5 km and Loubressac at 5 km.
Gouffre de Padirac is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 2km and Loubressac is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km. 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 Padirac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Padirac
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Padirac.
Note that all distances from Padirac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Padirac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Padirac (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 Padirac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (37km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (43km) : Jardin de la Daille (44km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (46km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (47km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (47km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (9km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (9km) : Assier Chateau (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Loubressac (5km) : Autoire (5km) : Carennac (9km) : Curemonte (18km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (26km) : Turenne (27km) : Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (42km) : Domme (43km) : La Roque-Gageac (45km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (9km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (43km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (44km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (35km) : Sarlat (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Padirac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Padirac
Canton: Gramat
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46500
Distance to Padirac
from Cahors: 50 km
from Paris: 449 km
from Calais: 679 km
from Nice: 457 km
from Bordeaux: 184 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Padirac): Alvignac, Autoire, Lavergne, Loubressac, Mayrinhac-Lentour, Miers, Rignac, Saignes and Thegra.
Getting here
For driving distances to Padirac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Padirac