Vanxains travel guide
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Visit Vanxains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vanxains is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 34 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Vanxains is 434 km from Paris and 648 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Riberac at 5 km from Vanxains
Popular places to visit near Vanxains: these include Riberac at 5 km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 11 km.
Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. 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 Vanxains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vanxains
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vanxains.
Note that all distances from Vanxains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vanxains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vanxains (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 Vanxains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Montréal (26km) : Logis de Forge (40km) : Jardins du Sardy (42km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (43km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (11km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (5km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (34km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (38km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (34km) : Bergerac (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Vanxains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vanxains
Canton: Ribérac
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24600
Distance to Vanxains
from Perigueux: 34 km
from Paris: 434 km
from Calais: 648 km
from Nice: 579 km
from Bordeaux: 80 km
from Strasbourg: 679 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vanxains): Chassaignes, Festalemps, La Jemaye, Ponteyraud, Riberac, Saint-Martin-de-Riberac, Saint-Privat-Des-Pres, Siorac-de-Riberac and Villetoureix.
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 Vanxains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vanxains