Souillac travel guide
Visit Souillac: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Souillac travel guide
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).
Market days in Souillac: weekly market: Friday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Souillac: these include Gourdon (Lot) at 11 km and Martel at 11 km. Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) is a listed religious monument at 0 km and Gourdon is a listed recommended detour at 11 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 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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Souillac
- Souillac: market every Friday (0km)
- Gourdon (Lot): market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (11km)
- Gourdon (Lot): market every Saturday (11km)
- Martel: market every Wednesday & Saturday (11km)
- Vayrac: market every Thursday & Saturday (19km)
- Sarlat: market every Wednesday & Saturday all day (21km)
- Domme: market every Thursday (23km)
- Meyssac: market every Tuesday & Friday (23km)
- Bretenoux: market every Tuesday (29km)
- Terrasson: market every Thursday (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 Souillac and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Souillac map below.
Grand Site Of France Rocamadour (15km)
Heritage Site Rocamadour basilique Saint-Sauveur (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km); Vezere Valley (29km)
Most Beautiful Village Turenne (19km); Carennac (20km); Collonges-la-Rouge (23km); Domme (23km); La Roque-Gageac (25km); Curemonte (25km); Saint-Amand-de-Coly (26km); Loubressac (26km); Beynac (27km); Autoire (27km); Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (33km); Belves (40km)
National Monument Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (27km); Chateau Montal (30km); Font-de-Gaume (36km); Abri de Cap Blanc (36km); Abri of Laugerie-Haute (36km); Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (36km); Assier Chateau (40km)
Recommended Detour Gourdon (11km); Sarlat (21km)
Regional Natural Parc Causses du Quercy (40km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (0km); Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (11km); 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)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (15km); Jardins du château de Caudon (23km); Jardins de Marqueyssac (26km); Jardins de l'Albarède (27km); Jardins de l'Imaginaire (29km); Jardin de la Daille (29km); Jardins du château de Losse (31km); Jardin de Conty (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Sarlat (21km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre de Padirac (22km); Gouffre de la Fage (23km); Grotte du Grand Roc (36km)
Town Of Art And History Sarlat (21km)
Village D'etape Donzenac (37km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (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 (local prefecture): 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!
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