Saint-Caprais tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Caprais: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Caprais is situated in the Lot department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Saint-Caprais in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Marminiac at 7 km and Villefranche-du-Perigord at 7 km.

Saint-Caprais, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Marminiac

at 7 km (direction north-north-east)

Marminiac is a small village with a church, traditional market hall and a tower...

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Villefranche-du-Perigord

at 7 km (direction west-north-west), in the Dordogne department

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

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Puy-l'Eveque

at 11 km (direction south-south-west)

Puy-l'Eveque is one of the most picturesque, and most visited, of the villages along...

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Prats-du-Perigord

at 12 km (direction north-west), in the Dordogne department

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

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Saint-Pompon

at 14 km (direction north-west), in the Dordogne department

Saint-Pompon, France is a small village to the south of the Dordogne department with...

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Chateau de Bonaguil

Castle at 14 km (direction west-south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

The medieval Chateau de Bonaguil, in a lovely woodland setting, is one of our...

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Daglan

at 15 km (direction north-north-east), in the Dordogne department

Daglan is a small village in the south of the Dordogne department on the...

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Albas

at 16 km (direction south-south-east)

Albas, a village on the Lot river, has a renowned wine festival each May...

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Chateau de Fumel

Castle at 19 km (direction west-south-west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

The Chateau de Fumel is not open to the public but a walk through...

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The Jardins de l'Albarede

Garden at 20 km (direction west-south-west), in the Dordogne department

The Jardins de l'Albarede is an attractive garden surrounded by wooded hills in the...

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Chateau de Gavaudun

Castle at 22 km (direction west), in the Lot-et-Garonne department

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

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Domme

Most Beautiful Village at 22 km (direction north-north-east), in the Dordogne department

Domme is a beautiful hilltop village with an extensive cave system, and extensive views...

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Belves

Most Beautiful Village at 22 km (direction north-west), in the Dordogne department

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

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Monpazier

Most Beautiful Village at 23 km (direction west-north-west), in the Dordogne department

Monpazier is an exceptional 13th century bastide town, among the most beautiful villages in...

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Reserve excursions near Saint-Caprais

Map of places to visit near Saint-Caprais

Markets in and near Saint-Caprais

• Cazals: market Sunday (7km)
• Puy-l'Eveque: market Tuesday (11km)
• Prayssac: market Friday (12km)
• Sauveterre-la-Lemance: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (12km)
• Catus: market Tuesday (15km)
• Domme: market Thursday (22km)
• Monsempron-Libos: market Thursday (22km)
• Belves: market Saturday (22km)
• Monpazier: market Thursday (23km)
• Cahors: market Wednesday & Saturday (28km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Caprais, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Rocamadour (42km)

Heritage sites

• Cahors Pont-Valentré (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
• Cahors cathédrale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
• Le-Buisson-de-Cadouin eglise abbatiale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
• Saint-Avit Eglise (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km)
• Rocamadour basilique Saint-Sauveur (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
• Agen cathédrale St Caprais (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (62km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Domme (22km)
• Belves (22km)
• La Roque-Gageac (24km)
• Beynac (26km)
• Monflanquin (32km)
• Limeuil (38km)
• Lauzerte (39km)
• Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (43km)
• Pujols (45km)
• Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (45km)

National Monuments

• Font-de-Gaume (38km)
• Abri of Laugerie-Haute (38km)
• Abri de Cap Blanc (38km)
• Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (38km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Gourdon (30km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Causses du Quercy (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (22km)
• Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (23km)
• Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (30km)
• Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (30km)
• Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (32km)
• Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (35km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lacour) (39km)
• Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (40km)
• Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (41km)
• Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (41km)
• Eglise Notre Dame (Frespech) (42km)
• Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (45km)
• Abbaye de Saint Maurin (Saint-Maurin) (49km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de la Daille (12km)
• Jardins de l'Albarède (20km)
• Jardins du château de Caudon (22km)
• Jardin de Conty (24km)
• Jardins de Marqueyssac (24km)
• Jardins secrets de Cahors (28km)
• Jardins de la Bourlie (28km)
• Jardin de Planbuisson (33km)
• Jardin du Pèlerin (39km)
• Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (43km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Monpazier (23km)
• Cahors (28km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte du Grand Roc (38km)
• Grottes de Fontirou (50km)

Towns of Art and history

• Sarlat (32km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cayriech (56km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Le rocher des aigles (eagles) (42km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Caprais is in the south of France at 28 kilometres from Cahors, the department capital (general information: Saint-Caprais is 481 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Caprais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cassagnes, Cazals, Frayssinet-le-Gelat, Goujounac, Loubejac, Montclera and Pomarede.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Caprais