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Pontours travel guide

Visit Pontours: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Pontours is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 39 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Pontours is 463 km from Paris and 684 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Molieres at 6 km from Pontours

Popular places to visit near Pontours: these include Molieres at 6 km and Beaumont-du-Perigord at 7 km.

Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Limeuil is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. 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 Pontours, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontours

See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontours.

Note that all distances from Pontours shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Pontours and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Planbuisson (12km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (15km) : Jardin de Conty (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (32km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (32km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (33km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (34km) : Jardins du château de Losse (36km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (36km) : Jardin de la Daille (41km) :
2. National Monuments: Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (23km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (23km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (23km) : Font-de-Gaume (24km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Limeuil (11km) : Monpazier (20km) : Belves (20km) : Beynac (30km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (32km) : La Roque-Gageac (33km) : Monflanquin (34km) : Domme (36km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (46km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (7km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (11km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (12km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (12km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (15km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (32km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (36km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (39km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (22km) : Perigueux (39km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (40km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (36km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Pontours & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Pontours

Canton: Buisson-de-Cadouin

Arrondissement: Bergerac

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24150

Distance to Pontours

from Perigueux: 39 km

from Paris: 463 km

from Calais: 684 km

from Nice: 533 km

from Bordeaux: 106 km

from Strasbourg: 676 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontours): Badefols-sur-Dordogne, Baneuil, Bayac, Bourniquel, Cales, Couze-et-Saint-Front, Lalinde, Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang, Molieres and Tremolat.

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 Pontours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Pontours