Places nearby

Here you are, in a magical place, where you can stay for a day, a weekend, a week or a month. However long you choose to spend here, whatever kind of holiday you want, whatever your age, within a radius of 60 kilometres you'll be able to find what you're looking for : beautiful old buildings, a rich cultural heritage, lovely landscapes, good food and wine, activities, entertainment... everything you could wish for

Where the Lot, the Corrèze and the Dordogne meet, making light of administrative boundaries, the Souillac Area provides you with a convenient base.

You can explore the Dordogne Valley in the Lot, an Area of Art and History ; going through Martel, the Town with Seven Towers, you come to Carennac, Loubressac and Autoire, three of the « Most Beautiful Villages in France », not forgetting Bretenoux and Castelnau Castle, St. Céré at the foot of the mediaeval towers of St. Laurent, and Montal Castle.

A little trip to Lacave will draw you on to Rocamadour, one of France's most visited attractions, where history, beliefs and legends are inextricably entwined, a must for many pilgrims; and Padirac chasm, where you can glide through the subterranean galleries in a small boat.

The Lot also has Cahors and the Valentré Bridge, Figeac and the Champollion World Writing Systems Museum, and St Cirq Lapopie perched on a cliff overlooking the Lot, to be going on with.

To the west, the Dordogne flows into Périgord, with Sarlat only 25 km away and superb villages all along the river, which you can see from a gabare (replica of one of the old cargo boats). There are also a thousand-and-one castles, internationally-known prehistoric sites, Lascaux being the prime example, and Les Eyzies, a window wide open on to prehistory. Pay a visit to the Gardens of Eyrignac as you wend your way back to the Souillac area.
To the north and north-east lies the Corrèze with its sub-prefecture, Brive; Turenne, where the stands proud on its limestone outcrop; Collonges-la Rouge, a village built of red sandstone; Curemonte, the village with three castles and three churches, Beaulieu sur Dordogne,...