Saint-Germain-Des-Pres travel guide
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Visit Saint-Germain-Des-Pres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Germain-Des-Pres is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 28 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Germain-Des-Pres is 404 km from Paris and 627 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Excideuil at 5 km from Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
Popular places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres: these include Excideuil at 5 km and Thiviers at 10 km.
Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km. 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-Germain-Des-Pres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres.
Note that all distances from Saint-Germain-Des-Pres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Germain-Des-Pres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres (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-Germain-Des-Pres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (15km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (34km) : Jardins du château de Losse (36km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (48km) : Jardin de Liliane (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (20km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (45km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (45km) : Font-de-Gaume (45km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (15km) : Segur-le-Chateau (26km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (37km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (10km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (28km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (28km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (25km) : Nontron (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Canton: Excideuil
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24160
Distance to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
from Perigueux: 28 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 627 km
from Nice: 530 km
from Bordeaux: 135 km
from Strasbourg: 626 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Pres): Clermont-d'Excideuil, Corgnac-sur-l'Isle, Coulaures, Excideuil, Eyzerac, Saint-Jory-Las-Bloux, Saint-Martial-d'Albarede, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil and Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil.
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-Germain-Des-Pres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Germain-Des-Pres