Plaisance tourism and travel guide
Visit Plaisance: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsPlaisance is situated in the Dordogne department and Aquitaine region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the south-west of France at 55 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Plaisance is 481 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Issigeac at 5 km and Castillonnes at 6 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Plaisance, 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 Plaisance 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 Dordogne
Map of places to visit near Plaisance
Markets in and near Plaisance
- Issigeac: market Sunday (5km)
- Castillonnes: market Friday - seasonal market only (6km)
- Castillonnes: market Tuesday (6km)
- Eymet: market Thursday (13km)
- Villereal: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (16km)
- Villereal: market Saturday (16km)
- Bergerac: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (17km)
- Miramont-de-Guyenne: market Friday - seasonal market only (19km)
- Miramont-de-Guyenne: market Monday (19km)
- Cancon: market Monday (20km)
More information about Plaisance, Aquitaine
Tourist attractions near Plaisance, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Plaisance.
Heritage sites
- Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (22km)
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Monflanquin (25km)
- Limeuil (33km)
- Belves (36km)
- Pujols (37km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (54km)
National Monuments
- Montcaret Archaeological site (43km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (45km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (45km)
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (45km)
- Font-de-Gaume (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (22km)
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (29km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (33km)
- Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (34km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (36km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (37km)
- Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (49km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (54km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc et potager de Pouthet (13km)
- Jardin de Planbuisson (32km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (33km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (36km)
- Ets Latour-Marliac (36km)
- Jardins de Beauchamp (38km)
- Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (38km)
- Jardins du Sardy (39km)
- Jardin de Conty (41km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Monpazier (27km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grottes de Fontirou (45km)
- Grotte du Grand Roc (45km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Bergerac (17km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Plaisance
from Perigueux (prefecture): 55 km
from Paris: 481 km
from Calais: 701 km
from Nice: 546 km
from Bordeaux: 91 km
from Strasbourg: 698 km
Getting here
Plaisance is in the south-west of France. 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 Plaisance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cahuzac, Castillonnes, Issigeac, Lalandusse, Monmarves, Monsaguel, Montaut, Sadillac, Saint-Capraise-d'Eymet, Saint-Perdoux and Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt.
This page in French: Visiter Plaisance
