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Visit Villars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villars is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 26 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Villars is 401 km from Paris and 620 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 7 km from Villars
Popular places to visit near Villars: these include Saint-Jean-de-Cole at 7 km and Brantome at 10 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Villars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villars
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villars.
Note that all distances from Villars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villars (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 Villars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Hautefort (36km) : Jardin de Liliane (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (7km) : Segur-le-Chateau (43km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (10km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (13km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (25km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (25km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (26km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (26km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (14km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Villars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villars
Canton: Champagnac-de-Belair
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24530
Distance to Villars
from Perigueux: 26 km
from Paris: 401 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 550 km
from Bordeaux: 123 km
from Strasbourg: 636 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villars): Champagnac-de-Belair, Chateau de Puyguilhem, Condat-sur-Trincou, La Chapelle-Faucher, Milhac-de-Nontron, Quinsac, Saint-Front-la-Riviere and Saint-Pierre-de-Cole.
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 Villars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villars