Saint-Avit-Senieur tourism and travel guide

Visit Saint-Avit-Senieur: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: Saint-Avit-Senieur is dominated by the substantial abbey ruins in the centre of the village
Saint-Avit-Senieur is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Saint-Avit-Senieur. For detailed visitor information see the Saint-Avit-Senieur travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Saint-Avit-Senieur in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Popular places to visit nearby include Molieres at 4 km and Montferrand-du-Perigord at 5 km.
Saint-Avit-Senieur, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Beaumont-du-Perigord
at 4 km (direction west)The traditional bastide town of Beaumont-du-Perigord is an interesting contrast to the...
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Molieres
at 4 km (direction north-north-east)Molieres is small but perhaps the best example of an unspoiled bastide...
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Montferrand-du-Perigord
at 5 km (direction east-south-east)The pretty little village of Montferrand-du-Perigord is in a particularly scenic area...
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Cadouin
at 6 km (direction east-north-east)Cadouin is a small village best known for its medieval abbey, an...
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Cadouin abbey cloisters
Abbey at 6 km (direction east-north-east)The cloister attached to the abbey at Cadouin were built in the...
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Cadouin abbey
Abbey at 6 km (direction east-north-east)Cadouin abbey was built in the 12th century in the roman style...
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Tremolat
at 11 km (direction east-north-east)Trémolat is a very small but attractive village, close to the scenic...
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Urval
at 11 km (direction east-north-east)Urval is a pretty village with an ancient communal bread oven and...
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Chateau de Lanquais
Castle at 12 km (direction west-north-west)The Chateau de Lanquais - sometimes called the Louvre of the Perigord...
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Monpazier
Most Beautiful Village at 12 km (direction south-east)Monpazier is an exceptional 13th century bastide town, among the most beautiful...
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Limeuil
Most Beautiful Village at 13 km (direction north-east)Limeuil is classified as one of the most beautiful villages in France,...
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Siorac-en-Perigord
at 14 km (direction east-north-east)Siorac-en-Perigord is a peaceful village close to the main sights of the...
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Chartreuse du Colombier
Garden at 15 km (direction north-north-east)The Chartreuse du Colombier is a charming traditional stone house with a...
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Paunat
at 15 km (direction north-north-east)Paunat is a pretty village with a large abbey-church in the Dordogne....
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Map of places to visit near Saint-Avit-Senieur
Markets in and near Saint-Avit-Senieur
- Lalinde: market Thursday (9km)
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: market Friday (11km)
- Monpazier: market Thursday (12km)
- Belves: market Saturday (15km)
- Villereal: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (16km)
- Villereal: market Saturday (16km)
- Issigeac: market Sunday (17km)
- Le Bugue: market Tuesday (18km)
- Saint-Cyprien: market Sunday (21km)
- Castillonnes: market Friday - seasonal market only (22km)
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Tourist attractions near Saint-Avit-Senieur, France
What to do at Saint-Avit-Senieur? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Avit-Senieur.
Heritage sites
- Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (0km)
- Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (6km)
- Vezere Valley (42km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Limeuil (13km)
- Belves (15km)
- Beynac (27km)
- Monflanquin (28km)
- La Roque-Gageac (29km)
- Domme (32km)
- Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (34km)
- Pujols (45km)
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly (47km)
National Monuments
- Abri of Laugerie-Haute (24km)
- Abri de Cap Blanc (24km)
- Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (24km)
- Font-de-Gaume (24km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Gourdon (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (4km)
- Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (11km)
- Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (15km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (15km)
- Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (16km)
- Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (31km)
- Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (34km)
- Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (34km)
- Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (45km)
- Eglise de Sainte Livrade (Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot) (46km)
- Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (46km)
- Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (47km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de Planbuisson (11km)
- Jardins de la Bourlie (11km)
- Jardin de Conty (19km)
- Jardins de Marqueyssac (28km)
- Jardins de l'Albarède (28km)
- Jardins du château de Caudon (32km)
- Jardin de la Daille (35km)
- Parc et potager de Pouthet (35km)
- Jardins du château de Losse (37km)
- Jardins du château de Montréal (39km)
- Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (46km)
- Ets Latour-Marliac (50km)
- Jardins de l'Imaginaire (54km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Monpazier (12km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Grotte du Grand Roc (24km)
Towns of Art and history
- Sarlat (34km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Bergerac (27km)
Geography and distances
Saint-Avit-Senieur is in the south-west of France at 46 kilometres from Perigueux, the department capital (general information: Saint-Avit-Senieur is 468 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Saint-Avit-Senieur
from Perigueux (prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 468 km
from Calais: 691 km
from Nice: 528 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
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 Saint-Avit-Senieur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beaumont-du-Perigord, Bourniquel, Labouquerie, Molieres, Montferrand-du-Perigord, Nojals-et-Clotte, Saint-Avit-Riviere and Sainte-Croix.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Avit-Senieur
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