Lascaux caves travel guide
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Visit Lascaux caves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lascaux caves is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 38 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Lascaux caves is 432 km from Paris and 658 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lascaux caves (page also includes a photo gallery for Lascaux caves)
Popular places to visit near Lascaux caves: these include Montignac at 2 km and Saint-Amand-de-Coly at 6 km. Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km and Jardins du château de Losse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Lascaux caves, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Lascaux caves and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Lascaux caves
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (4km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (13km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (15km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (23km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (26km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (28km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (29km) : Jardin de Conty (29km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (31km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (32km) :
- National Monuments: Font-de-Gaume (17km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (18km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (18km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Amand-de-Coly (6km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (8km) : Beynac (24km) : La Roque-Gageac (25km) : Domme (28km) : Limeuil (29km) : Turenne (32km) : Belves (34km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (38km) : Segur-le-Chateau (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (8km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (19km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (26km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (28km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (30km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (33km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lascaux caves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lascaux caves
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: na
Distance to Lascaux caves
from Perigueux: 38 km
from Paris: 432 km
from Calais: 658 km
from Nice: 507 km
from Bordeaux: 139 km
from Strasbourg: 636 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Lascaux caves (within 6 km): Aubas : Auriac-du-Perigord : Fanlac : La Chapelle-Aubareil : Montignac : Sergeac : Thonac : Valojoulx :
Lascaux caves holidays and travel
Hotels: book now, pay at the hotel, 'best price promise': Montignac Hotels
Family fun: Holiday villages in Aquitaine
Car hire : great prices, all destinations at France car rentals
Holiday rentals: Dordogne gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Lascaux caves