Monpazier tourism and travel guide

Visit Monpazier: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Monpazier is an exceptional 13th century bastide town, among the most beautiful villages in France.

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

Tourist classifications for Monpazier include "secteur sauvegarde" and "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 Monpazier in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Biron at 6 km and Montferrand-du-Perigord at 8 km.

Monpazier, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Biron

Castle at 6 km (direction south-south-west)

The Chateau de Biron is a perfect way to discover the history...

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Biron

at 6 km (direction south-south-west)

Biron is a picturesque village with an ancient church and an imposing...

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Montferrand-du-Perigord

at 8 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Saint-Avit-Senieur

at 12 km (direction north-west)

Saint-Avit-Senieur is dominated by the substantial abbey ruins in the centre of...

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Villereal

Most Beautiful Village at 13 km (direction west-south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

Villereal is one of our favourite medieval bastide towns, with an impressive...

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Chateau de Gavaudun

Castle at 13 km (direction south), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

Chateau de Gavaudun, a ruined medieval castle, sits high on a rock...

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Belves

Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction north-east)

Belves is one of the liveliest and most attractive small towns in...

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Prats-du-Perigord

at 14 km (direction east)

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

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Beaumont-du-Perigord

at 14 km (direction north-west)

The traditional bastide town of Beaumont-du-Perigord is an interesting contrast to the...

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Cadouin

at 15 km (direction north-west)

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

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Cadouin abbey cloisters

Abbey at 15 km (direction north-west)

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

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Cadouin abbey

Abbey at 15 km (direction north-west)

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

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Urval

at 15 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Villefranche-du-Perigord

at 15 km (direction east-south-east)

Surrounded by the forests that produce the famous local chestnuts, Villefranche-du-Perigord is...

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Map of places to visit near Monpazier

Markets in and near Monpazier

Market days in Monpazier: weekly market: Thursday;

• Monpazier: market Thursday (0km)
• Villereal: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (13km)
• Villereal: market Saturday (13km)
• Belves: market Saturday (14km)
• Sauveterre-la-Lemance: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (14km)
• Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: market Friday (19km)
• Monflanquin: market Thursday (19km)
• Lalinde: market Thursday (22km)
• Monsempron-Libos: market Thursday (22km)
• Issigeac: market Sunday (23km)

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Tourist attractions near Monpazier, France

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

Heritage sites

• Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (12km)
• Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Vezere Valley (47km)
• Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (50km)
• Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (51km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Belves (14km)
• Monflanquin (19km)
• Limeuil (23km)
• Beynac (26km)
• La Roque-Gageac (28km)
• Domme (29km)
• Pujols (37km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (40km)
• Saint-Amand-de-Coly (51km)

National Monuments

• Abri de Cap Blanc (30km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (30km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (30km)
• Font-de-Gaume (30km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Gourdon (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (8km)
• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (14km)
• Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (22km)
• Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (23km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (25km)
• Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (28km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (34km)
• Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (40km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (40km)
• Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (41km)
• Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (42km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (43km)
• Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (51km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins de la Bourlie (15km)
• Jardin de Planbuisson (18km)
• Jardin de Conty (19km)
• Jardins de l'Albarède (25km)
• Jardins de Marqueyssac (27km)
• Jardin de la Daille (27km)
• Jardins du château de Caudon (29km)
• Parc et potager de Pouthet (39km)
• Jardins du château de Losse (43km)
• Ets Latour-Marliac (44km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (47km)
• Jardins secrets de Cahors (50km)
• Jardins du château de Montréal (51km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Cahors (50km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (30km)
• Grottes de Fontirou (44km)

Towns of Art and history

• Sarlat (35km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Bergerac (37km)

Geography and distances

Monpazier is in the south-west of France at 58 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Monpazier is 477 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 Monpazier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 12 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Biron, Capdrot, Gaugeac, Lavalade, Lolme, Marsales, Saint-Cassien, Saint-Marcory, Saint-Martin-de-Villereal, Saint-Romain-de-Monpazier, Soulaures and Vergt-de-Biron.

This page in French: Visiter Monpazier