Brantôme Benedictine Abbey – St jean de Cole loop from Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas

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Brantôme Benedictine Abbey – St jean de Cole loop from Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas

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Brantôme Benedictine Abbey – St jean de Cole loop from Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas

02:56

46.4km

400m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 11, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 22.8 km for 70 m

After 42.7 km for 57 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.76 km

Grotte de Villars

Highlight • Cave

Very opulent grotto with everything you could wish for from a stalactite cave. There are also cave paintings. They date from the Older Magdalenian period and are therefore probably around 17,000 years old.

The tour is in English and French.

If you like, you can then visit the small park with prehistoric animals.

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9.74 km

Lavoir

Lake

16.2 km

Chapel in Champagnac-de-Belair

Highlight • Religious Site

22.7 km

The Mill at Brantôme Abbey

Highlight • Monument

Saint-Pierre de Brantôme Abbey, located in Brantôme in the Dordogne department, is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 769 by Charlemagne in the diocese of Périgueux. The windmill is particularly pretty!

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22.8 km

Brantôme Benedictine Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

The Benedictine abbey of Brantôme, built on the banks of the Dronne, is one of the most important religious sites in Périgord. Initially built in the rock, in a troglodyte fashion, it houses impressive caves, which can be visited.

The abbey church, where religious services still take place, is topped by a Romanesque bell tower from the 11th century, which is among the oldest in France.

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23.4 km

View of the Abbey Church of Saint-Pierre and the Bell Tower

Highlight • Religious Site

An information panel describes the special features of the bell tower, which was built in the style of a campanile, structurally separate from the church on a rocky outcrop. Although its exact construction date is unknown, it is said to be the undisputed oldest bell tower in France.

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42.6 km

St jean de Cole

Highlight • Other

A magnificent small village in Dordogne (Périgord), its small old alleys, its abbey and its castle. Come and discover this place endowed with a certain charm.

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