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Montignac

This pretty village on the Vézère River is most famous for being home to the Lascaux Caves (and Lascaux II caves).

The village has been blighted a bit by overdevelopment on its outskirts, but the attractive balconied houses along the river front, and the pretty old town, merit a look.

The Chateau de Montignac is in the town - once a very important castle in the region, but now largely in ruins.

Montignac also has a very attractive old town and at the end of July is host to the Festival of Folklore de Montignac.

It is of course the Lascaux caves that you will want to visit when you are at Montignac.

Montignac: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites

Places to visit near Montignac

Explore places of interest within about 70 kilometres on a map at places near Montignac.

Some places to visit within 30 km of Montignac are shown below (if found).

Beynac Most beautiful village at 25 km
Chateau de Beynac Chateau at 24 km
Chateau de Castelnaud Chateau at 24 km
Chateau de Commarque Chateau at 20 km
Chateau de Hautefort Chateau at 23 km
Chateau de Montfort Chateau at 24 km
Font-de-Gaume cave system at 21 km
Gourdon (Lot) Recommended stopover town at 36 km
La Roque-Gageac Most beautiful village at 27 km
La-Roque-Saint-Christophe World Heritage Site at 14 km
Lascaux caves Renowned cave paintings at 2 km
Le Bugue town at 30 km
Les Eyzies Prehistory Centre at 21 km
Saint-Amand-de-Coly Most beautiful village at 9 km
Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere Most beautiful village at 10 km
Sarlat Renowned town at 20 km
Terrasson Gardens of the Imagination at 17 km
Vezere Valley World Heritage Site at 22 km

See also Montignac (version Francais)

Airports near Montignac

Angouleme airport at 127 km Bergerac airport at 76 km Limoges airport at 87 km