Savignac-les-Eglises travel guide
Visit Savignac-les-Eglises: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Excideuil at 13 km from Savignac-les-Eglises
Location: Savignac-les-Eglises is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 18 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Savignac-les-Eglises is 413 km from Paris and 635 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Savignac-les-Eglises: these include Excideuil at 13 km and Thiviers at 16 km. Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed religious monument at 16 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a listed most beautiful village at 17 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Savignac-les-Eglises, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Savignac-les-Eglises
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Savignac-les-Eglises.
Note that all distances from Savignac-les-Eglises shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Savignac-les-Eglises holidays and travel
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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
Markets near Savignac-les-Eglises
- Excideuil: market every Thursday (13km)
- Thiviers: market every Tuesday - seasonal market only - (17km)
- Thiviers: market every Saturday (17km)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market every Saturday (17km)
- Perigueux: market every Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (18km)
- Thenon: market every Tuesday (19km)
- Brantome: market every Monday - seasonal market only - (23km)
- Brantome: market every Friday (23km)
- Lisle: market every Tuesday (29km)
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market every Friday (29km)
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 Savignac-les-Eglises and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Savignac-les-Eglises map below.
Heritage Site Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (18km); Vezere Valley (32km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Jean-de-Cole (17km); Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (32km); Saint-Amand-de-Coly (35km); Segur-le-Chateau (35km)
National Monument Chateau de Puyguilhem (20km); Abri de Cap Blanc (38km); Abri of Laugerie-Haute (38km); Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (38km); Font-de-Gaume (39km)
Recommended Detour Nontron (35km); Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (35km)
Regional Natural Parc Perigord-Limousin (38km)
Religious Monument Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (16km); Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (19km); Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (21km); Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (21km); Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (21km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (23km); Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (32km); Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (35km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Hautefort (18km); Jardins du château de Losse (32km); Jardins de l'Imaginaire (35km); Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km); Jardins du château de Montréal (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Perigueux (18km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Grotte du Grand Roc (38km)
Town Of Art And History Perigueux (18km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Perigueux (18km)
Map of places to visit near Savignac-les-Eglises & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Savignac-les-Églises
Canton: Savignac-les-Églises
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24420
Distance to Savignac-les-Eglises
from Perigueux (local prefecture): 18 km
from Paris: 413 km
from Calais: 635 km
from Nice: 533 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 636 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Savignac-les-Eglises): Coulaures, Cubjac, La Boissiere-d'Ans, Mayac, Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle and Sorges.
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 Savignac-les-Eglises from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Savignac-les-Eglises