Collonges-la-Rouge tourism and travel guide
Visit Collonges-la-Rouge: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: The village of Collonges-le-Rouge is very distinctive, being built almost entirely from red rock
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Collonges-la-Rouge. For detailed visitor information see the Collonges-la-Rouge travel guide.
Collonges-la-Rouge is situated in the Correze department and Limousin region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the southern-centre of France at 24 kilometres from Tulle, the department capital (general information: Collonges-la-Rouge is 425 kilometres from Paris).
Tourist classifications for Collonges-la-Rouge include "most beautiful village".
Popular places to visit nearby include Turenne at 6 km and Curemonte at 11 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Collonges-la-Rouge, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Collonges-la-Rouge in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Correze
Map of places to visit near Collonges-la-Rouge
Markets in and near Collonges-la-Rouge
- Meyssac: market Tuesday & Friday (2km)
- Vayrac: market Thursday & Saturday (13km)
- Martel: market Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
- Brive-la-Gaillarde: market Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Saturday all day (15km)
- Monceaux-sur-Dordogne: market Thursday - seasonal market only (20km)
- Bretenoux: market Tuesday (22km)
- Souillac: market Friday (23km)
- Tulle: market Wednesday & Saturday (23km)
- Allassac: market Wednesday & Friday (26km)
- Terrasson: market Thursday (29km)
More information about Collonges-la-Rouge, Limousin
Tourist attractions near Collonges-la-Rouge, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Collonges-la-Rouge.
Grand sites of France
- Rocamadour (29km)
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Turenne (6km)
- Curemonte (11km)
- Carennac (17km)
- Loubressac (24km)
- Autoire (26km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (32km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (45km)
- Domme (45km)
- La Roque-Gageac (46km)
- Beynac (47km)
- Segur-le-Chateau (49km)
National Monuments
- Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (22km)
- Chateau Montal (27km)
- Assier Chateau (46km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Gourdon (34km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (17km)
- Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (23km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (32km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (34km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (40km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (45km)
- Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (46km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (28km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (29km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (42km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (45km)
- Jardins du château de Hautefort (46km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (47km)
- Jardins de l'Albarède (49km)
- Jardin de la Daille (52km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Gouffre de la Fage (11km)
- Gouffre de Padirac (24km)
- Cascades de Gimel (30km)
- Gouffre des Vitarelles (37km)
Towns of Art and history
- Sarlat (39km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (29km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Collonges-la-Rouge
from Tulle (prefecture): 24 km
from Paris: 425 km
from Calais: 655 km
from Nice: 471 km
from Bordeaux: 177 km
from Strasbourg: 607 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Collonges-la-Rouge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Branceilles, Cavagnac, Chauffour-sur-Vell, Lagleygeolle, Ligneyrac, Meyssac, Noailhac, Saillac, Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac, Saint-Julien-Maumont, Sarrazac, Serilhac and Turenne.
This page in French: Visiter Collonges-la-Rouge
