Belves tourism and travel guide

Visit Belves: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Belves is one of the liveliest and most attractive small towns in the Dordogne and has several historic monumnts of interest

Belves is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Tourist classifications for Belves include "most beautiful village".

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Belves in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Urval at 6 km and La Musée de la Rue du temps qui passe at 9 km.

Belves, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Siorac-en-Perigord

at 5 km (direction north-north-west)

Siorac-en-Perigord is a peaceful village close to the main sights of the...

See Siorac-en-Perigord guide

Urval

at 6 km (direction north-west)

Urval is a pretty village with an ancient communal bread oven and...

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La Musée de la Rue du temps qui passe

Museum at 9 km (direction north-east)

The musée de la rue du temps qui passe is an atmospheric...

See La Musée de la Rue du temps qui passe guide

Chateau des Milandes

Castle at 10 km (direction east-north-east)

The beautifully restored Chateau des Milandes, in Renaissance style, is best known...

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Prats-du-Perigord

at 10 km (direction south-east)

Prats-du-Perigord is a small village with an impressive fortified church in the...

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Saint-Cyprien

at 11 km (direction north-north-east)

Saint-Cyprien village has a very picturesque historic centre and lovely views across...

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Cadouin abbey cloisters

Abbey at 11 km (direction west-north-west)

The cloister attached to the abbey at Cadouin were built in the...

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Cadouin

at 11 km (direction west-north-west)

Cadouin is a small village best known for its medieval abbey, an...

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Cadouin abbey

Abbey at 11 km (direction west-north-west)

Cadouin abbey was built in the 12th century in the roman style...

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Montferrand-du-Perigord

at 11 km (direction west)

The pretty little village of Montferrand-du-Perigord is in a particularly scenic area...

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Saint Vincent de Cosse

at 12 km (direction east-north-east)

Saint Vincent de Cosse is a charming village with some beautiful houses...

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Chateau de Castelnaud

Castle at 12 km (direction east-north-east)

The extensive Chateau de Castelnaud and the associated Museum of Medieval Weapons...

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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle

Most Beautiful Village at 12 km (direction east-north-east)

Castelnaud-la-Chapelle is a very pretty village best known for the Chateau de...

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Saint-Pompon

at 12 km (direction east-south-east)

Saint-Pompon, France is a small village to the south of the Dordogne...

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Map of places to visit near Belves

Markets in and near Belves

Market days in Belves: weekly market: Saturday;

• Belves: market Saturday (0km)
• Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: market Friday (11km)
• Saint-Cyprien: market Sunday (11km)
• Monpazier: market Thursday (14km)
• Domme: market Thursday (17km)
• Le Bugue: market Tuesday (17km)
• Les Eyzies: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (18km)
• Sauveterre-la-Lemance: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (21km)
• Sarlat: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (21km)
• Cazals: market Sunday (22km)

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Tourist attractions near Belves, France

What to do at Belves? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Belves.

Heritage sites

• Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (11km)
• Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Vezere Valley (33km)
• Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (50km)
• Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (50km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Beynac (13km)
• La Roque-Gageac (15km)
• Limeuil (15km)
• Domme (17km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (27km)
• Monflanquin (33km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (37km)
• Pujols (50km)

National Monuments

• Font-de-Gaume (18km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (18km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (18km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (18km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Gourdon (30km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (0km)
• Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (13km)
• Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (14km)
• Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (16km)
• Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (18km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (19km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (21km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (27km)
• Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (30km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (37km)
• Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (40km)
• Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (53km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de Conty (5km)
• Jardins de la Bourlie (6km)
• Jardin de Planbuisson (11km)
• Jardins de l'Albarède (13km)
• Jardins de Marqueyssac (14km)
• Jardins du château de Caudon (17km)
• Jardin de la Daille (20km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (30km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (34km)
• Jardins de l'Imaginaire (45km)
• Jardins secrets de Cahors (50km)
• Jardins du château de Montréal (51km)
• Ets Latour-Marliac (58km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Monpazier (14km)
• Cahors (50km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (18km)
• Gouffre de la Fage (55km)

Towns of Art and history

• Sarlat (21km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Bergerac (42km)

Geography and distances

Belves is in the south-west of France at 51 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Belves is 465 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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 Belves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Carves, Cladech, Doissat, Grives, Larzac, Monplaisant, Sagelat, Saint-Amand-de-Belves, Saint-Germain-de-Belves, Saint-Marcory, Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic, Sainte-Foy-de-Belves, Siorac-en-Perigord and Urval.

This page in French: Visiter Belves