Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze 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 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Lac de Saint-Pardoux at 4 km and Bellac at 16 km.

Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Lac de Saint-Pardoux

at 4 km (direction east)

The Lac de Saint-Pardoux s a large leisure lake in the Haute-Vienne department...

See Lac de Saint-Pardoux guide

Bellac

at 16 km (direction west-north-west)

The small market town of Bellac has some medieval houses of interest, and a...

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Le-Dorat

at 21 km (direction north-west)

In the small town of Le Dorat you will enjoy exploring the old town...

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Oradour-sur-Glane

at 21 km (direction west-south-west)

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane is a memorial town, now maintained in the condition it...

See Oradour-sur-Glane guide

Montrol-Senard

at 22 km (direction west)

Montrol-Senard is a traditional Limousin village which has been turned into an ecomuseum....

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Mortemart

Most Beautiful Village at 22 km (direction west)

Now listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France', Mortemart is a very pleasant...

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Limoges

at 25 km (direction south)

Limoges is not usually featured on a list of 'must be visited places' but...

See Limoges guide

La Souterraine

at 28 km (direction north-east), in the Creuse department

La Souterraine is one of those 'hard to find' traditional French towns that are...

See La Souterraine guide

Aixe-sur-Vienne

at 30 km (direction south-south-west)

The quiet town of Aixe-sur-Vienne has few important monuments, but is a pleasure to...

See Aixe-sur-Vienne guide

Brigueuil

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

Here in Brigueuil it is the roman style church that is the most interesting...

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Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat

at 32 km (direction south-east)

Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat, with its medieval houses and collegiale church, is a reminder that the town...

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Saint-Junien

at 32 km (direction west-south-west)

After exploring Saint-Junien and the Collegiale Church of Saint-Junien be sure to also visit...

See Saint-Junien guide

Le Jardin de Liliane

Garden at 39 km (direction south-west)

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

See Le Jardin de Liliane guide

Rochechouart

at 41 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze

Markets in and near Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze

• Saint-Pardoux: market Wednesday (3km)
• Limoges: market every day (24km)
• Saint-Junien: market Saturday (32km)
• Bourganeuf: market Wednesday (42km)
• Chalus: market Friday (49km)
• Montmorillon: market Wednesday (49km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Limousin (26km)

Heritage sites

• Saint-Leonard de Noblat église (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
• Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (43km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (44km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat (32km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (32km)
• Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (34km)
• Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (36km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (50km)
• Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (61km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de Liliane (39km)
• Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (47km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Lac de Saint-Pardoux (5km)
• Site Corot (32km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (48km)

Towns of Art and history

• Limoges (25km)
• Confolens (44km)
• Montmorillon (49km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Bessines-sur-Gartempe (12km)
• Bellac (16km)
• La Souterraine (27km)
• Pierre-Buffiere (42km)
• Eguzon-Chantome (50km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze is in the southern-centre of France at 23 kilometres from Limoges, the department capital (general information: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze is 322 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Balledent, Le Buis, Nantiat, Roussac and Saint-Pardoux.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze