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Visit Pensol: highlights and tourist information

Pensol is situated in the Haute-Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Chalus at 13 km and Nontron at 16 km.

Pensol, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chalus

at 13 km (direction east-north-east)

Châlus is a small market town with two ruined castles in the Monts du...

See Chalus guide

Nontron

at 16 km (direction west-south-west), in the Dordogne department

Nontron is a quiet town within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park to the north...

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Le Jardin de Liliane

Garden at 21 km (direction north-east)

Le Jardin de Liliane is one of our favourite gardens open to the public...

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Saint-Jean-de-Cole

Most Beautiful Village at 21 km (direction south), in the Dordogne department

Saint-Jean-de-Cole is a small but very pretty village with a nice church and beautiful...

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Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert

at 21 km (direction west), in the Dordogne department

Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert is a charming village with a church and castle and a lovely riverside...

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Chateau de Puyguilhem

Castle at 21 km (direction south-south-west), in the Dordogne department

Extensive renovation work at the Chateau de Puyguilhem has brought a new lease of...

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Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 22 km (direction east-south-east), in the Dordogne department

The Chateau de Jumilhac is in the northern Dordogn, within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural...

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Thiviers

at 23 km (direction south-south-east), in the Dordogne department

Thiviers is a very typical Dordogne market town, best known for the foie gras...

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Varaignes

at 23 km (direction west), in the Dordogne department

Varaignes is a pretty village with a castle at its centre. The castle is...

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Rochechouart

at 24 km (direction west)

On the edge of the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, Rochechouart has a castle and...

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Marthon

at 30 km (direction west), in the Charente department

In Marthon there is no single monument that dominates, but rather several small buildings...

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Brantome Abbey

Abbey at 31 km (direction south-west), in the Dordogne department

Brantome Abbey is an impressive abbey with troglodyte caves in the beautiful town of...

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Brantome

at 31 km (direction south-west), in the Dordogne department

In an idyllic setting on the Isle River and with an imposing abbey, Brantome...

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Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

at 31 km (direction east-south-east)

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a small town with a collegiale church and a small historic centre...

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Map of places to visit near Pensol

Markets in and near Pensol

• Piegut-Pluviers: market Wednesday (11km)
• Chalus: market Friday (13km)
• Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (22km)
• Thiviers: market Saturday (22km)
• Brantome: market Monday - seasonal market only (31km)
• Brantome: market Friday (31km)
• Saint-Junien: market Saturday (32km)
• Mareuil: market Tuesday (34km)
• Excideuil: market Thursday (35km)
• La Rochefoucauld: market Wednesday & Saturday (37km)

More information about Pensol, Limousin

Tourist attractions near Pensol, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Limousin (41km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Jean-de-Cole (21km)
• Segur-le-Chateau (42km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Puyguilhem (22km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Nontron (16km)
• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (31km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (2km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (22km)
• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (23km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (31km)
• Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (31km)
• Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (38km)
• Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (45km)
• Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (46km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (46km)
• Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (48km)
• Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (55km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de Liliane (21km)
• Jardins du château de Hautefort (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (12km)
• Grotte de Montgaudier (28km)
• Site Corot (33km)

Towns of Art and history

• Limoges (42km)
• Confolens (46km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• La Rochefoucauld (37km)
• Pierre-Buffiere (43km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (26km)

Geography and distances

Pensol is in the southern-centre of France at 42 kilometres from Limoges, the department capital (general information: Pensol is 379 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Pensol from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Abjat-sur-Bandiat, La Chapelle-Montbrandeix, Marval and Saint-Barthelemy-de-Bussiere.

This page in French: Visiter Pensol