Saint-Genies travel guide
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Visit Saint-Genies: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Genies is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 47 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genies is 437 km from Paris and 664 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 8 km from Saint-Genies
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genies: these include Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 8 km and Lascaux caves at 9 km.
Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 8km. 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 Saint-Genies, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genies
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Genies.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genies shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genies holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Genies (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 Saint-Genies and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (6km) : Jardins du château de Losse (10km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (15km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (20km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (22km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (24km) : Jardin de Conty (26km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (31km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (31km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (31km) :
- National Monuments: Abri de Cap Blanc (19km) : Font-de-Gaume (19km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (19km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (19km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Amand-de-Coly (8km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (13km) : Beynac (19km) : La Roque-Gageac (20km) : Domme (22km) : Turenne (27km) : Belves (31km) : Limeuil (31km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (33km) : Carennac (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (8km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (13km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (21km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (22km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (31km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (32km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (12km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genies & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Geniès
Canton: Salignac-Eyvigues
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24590
Distance to Saint-Genies
from Perigueux: 47 km
from Paris: 437 km
from Calais: 664 km
from Nice: 499 km
from Bordeaux: 145 km
from Strasbourg: 635 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Genies): Archignac, La Cassagne, La Chapelle-Aubareil, Marcillac-Saint-Quentin and Saint-Crepin-et-Carlucet.
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 Saint-Genies from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genies