Pensol travel guide
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Visit Pensol: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pensol is situated in the Haute-Vienne department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 41 km from Limoges, the department capital. (General information: Pensol is 379 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nontron at 16 km from Pensol
Popular places to visit near Pensol: these include Nontron at 16 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 21 km.
Perigord-Limousin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 2km and Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pensol, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pensol
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Vienne and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pensol.
Note that all distances from Pensol shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pensol holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pensol (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 France and Haute-Vienne 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 Pensol and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (21km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (21km) : Segur-le-Chateau (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (22km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (23km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (31km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (31km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (38km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (46km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (48km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (26km) : Limoges (41km) : Perigueux (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (16km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Pensol & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pensol
Canton: Saint-Mathieu
Arrondissement: Rochechouart
Department: Haute-Vienne
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 87440
Distance to Pensol
from Limoges: 41 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 552 km
from Bordeaux: 139 km
from Strasbourg: 619 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pensol): Abjat-sur-Bandiat, La Chapelle-Montbrandeix, Marval and Saint-Barthelemy-de-Bussiere.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pensol from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pensol