Perigueux travel guide
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Visit Perigueux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Perigueux is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Dordogne department. (General information: Perigueux is 427 km from Paris and 647 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Perigueux (page also includes a photo gallery for Perigueux)
Popular places to visit near Perigueux: these include Perigueux at 1 km and Bourdeilles at 19 km.
Perigueux is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Perigueux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Perigueux has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Perigueux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Perigueux
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Perigueux.
Note that all distances from Perigueux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Perigueux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Perigueux (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 Perigueux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Montréal (28km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (35km) : Jardins du château de Losse (36km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (40km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (45km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (46km) : Jardin de Conty (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (26km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (36km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (36km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (36km) : Font-de-Gaume (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (28km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (35km) : Limeuil (36km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (44km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (5km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (6km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (21km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (26km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (30km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (31km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (35km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Perigueux (1km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Perigueux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Périgueux
Canton: Périgueux
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24000
Distance to Perigueux
from Perigueux: 0 km
from Paris: 427 km
from Calais: 647 km
from Nice: 545 km
from Bordeaux: 109 km
from Strasbourg: 654 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Perigueux): Atur, Boulazac, Champcevinel, Chancelade, Coulounieix-Chamiers, Marsac-sur-l'Isle and Trelissac.
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 Perigueux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Perigueux