Souillac travel guide
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Visit Souillac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Souillac is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 50 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Souillac is 445 km from Paris and 674 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Souillac (page also includes a photo gallery for Souillac)
Popular places to visit near Souillac: these include Martel at 11 km and Gourdon (Lot) at 11 km.
Gourdon is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Souillac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Souillac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Souillac
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Souillac.
Note that all distances from Souillac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Souillac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Souillac (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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 Souillac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (15km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (26km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (27km) : Jardin de la Daille (29km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (29km) : Jardins du château de Losse (31km) : Jardin de Conty (35km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (43km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (45km) :
- National Monuments: Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (27km) : Chateau Montal (30km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (36km) : Font-de-Gaume (36km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (36km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (36km) : Assier Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Turenne (19km) : Carennac (20km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (23km) : Domme (23km) : Curemonte (25km) : La Roque-Gageac (25km) : Loubressac (26km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (26km) : Autoire (27km) : Beynac (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (21km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (24km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (33km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (40km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (42km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (45km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (11km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Souillac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Souillac
Canton: Souillac
Arrondissement: Gourdon
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46200
Distance to Souillac
from Cahors: 50 km
from Paris: 445 km
from Calais: 674 km
from Nice: 479 km
from Bordeaux: 162 km
from Strasbourg: 629 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Souillac): Cazoules, Lachapelle-Auzac, Lanzac, Le Roc, Nadaillac-de-Rouge, Peyrillac-et-Millac and Pinsac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Souillac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Souillac