Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere travel guide
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Visit Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 35 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere is 438 km from Paris and 663 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (page also includes a photo gallery for Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere: these include La-Roque-Saint-Christophe at 3 km and Plazac at 5 km.
Jardins du château de Losse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km 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.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere.
Note that all distances from Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (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-Leon-sur-Vezere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (4km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (19km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (21km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (21km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (23km) : Jardin de Conty (23km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (25km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (25km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (25km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (28km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (10km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (10km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (10km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (10km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Amand-de-Coly (14km) : Beynac (19km) : Limeuil (21km) : La Roque-Gageac (22km) : Domme (25km) : Belves (27km) : Turenne (39km) : Monpazier (40km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (14km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (17km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (18km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (22km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (25km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (25km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (27km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
Canton: Montignac
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24290
Distance to Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere
from Perigueux: 35 km
from Paris: 438 km
from Calais: 663 km
from Nice: 512 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 644 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere): La-Roque-Saint-Christophe, Peyzac-le-Moustier, Plazac, Sergeac, Tamnies, Thonac, Tursac and Valojoulx.
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-Leon-sur-Vezere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere