Villefranche-du-Perigord travel guide
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Visit Villefranche-du-Perigord: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefranche-du-Perigord is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 68 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche-du-Perigord is 480 km from Paris and 705 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Villefranche-du-Perigord (page also includes a photo gallery for Villefranche-du-Perigord)
Popular places to visit near Villefranche-du-Perigord: these include Chateau de Bonaguil at 11 km and Puy-l'Eveque at 15 km.
Jardin de la Daille is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Monpazier is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Villefranche-du-Perigord: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villefranche-du-Perigord, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche-du-Perigord
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefranche-du-Perigord.
Note that all distances from Villefranche-du-Perigord shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefranche-du-Perigord holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche-du-Perigord (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 Villefranche-du-Perigord and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Daille (15km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (19km) : Jardin de Conty (20km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (22km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (23km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (28km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (35km) : Jardin du Pèlerin (42km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (43km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (34km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (34km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (34km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Monpazier (16km) : Belves (17km) : Domme (22km) : La Roque-Gageac (23km) : Beynac (24km) : Monflanquin (27km) : Limeuil (32km) : Pujols (41km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (42km) : Lauzerte (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (17km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (21km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (23km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (27km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (34km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (35km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (35km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefranche-du-Perigord & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefranche-du-Périgord
Canton: Villefranche-du-Périgord
Arrondissement: Sarlat-la-Canéda
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24550
Distance to Villefranche-du-Perigord
from Perigueux: 68 km
from Paris: 480 km
from Calais: 705 km
from Nice: 504 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 673 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefranche-du-Perigord): Besse, Lavaur, Loubejac, Mazeyrolles, Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm and Sauveterre-la-Lemance.
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 Villefranche-du-Perigord from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefranche-du-Perigord