Vaunac travel guide
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Visit Vaunac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaunac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 23 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Vaunac is 404 km from Paris and 625 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thiviers at 7 km from Vaunac
Popular places to visit near Vaunac: these include Thiviers at 7 km and Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 7 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Vaunac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaunac
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vaunac.
Note that all distances from Vaunac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaunac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaunac (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 Vaunac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (25km) : Jardins du château de Losse (43km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (43km) : Jardin de Liliane (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (11km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (49km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (49km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (49km) : Font-de-Gaume (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (7km) : Segur-le-Chateau (35km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (43km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (7km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (11km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (17km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (23km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (24km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (43km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (23km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (24km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaunac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaunac
Canton: Thiviers
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24800
Distance to Vaunac
from Perigueux: 23 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 625 km
from Nice: 540 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 633 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vaunac): Eyzerac, Lempzours and Negrondes.
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 Vaunac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaunac