Around Pontours, start with Château de Bayac
Most of what there is to see is châteaux or heritage sites: 9 of 12. Pontours itself has none of them. Grotte de Font-de-Gaume is worth a day, 24 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Pontours
The list goes on from Château de Bayac to 5 châteaux.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
How they lie
The list reaches out to Château des Landes, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Pontours; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What they are
9 châteaux or heritage sites and 2 museums or galleries top the count.
Dark: in Pontours. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The list in full
Look within 5 km of its centre for all 12 places listed.
Nothing is mapped in Pontours itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Day trips from Pontours
Best known of the 12 within reach is Grotte de Font-de-Gaume, at 24 km.
Places within 40 km of Pontours with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Pontours: questions
Are there attractions near Pontours?
Nothing is mapped in Pontours itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Bayac, Château de Lalinde, Château de Sauvebœuf and Manoir de Sautet.
Are there museums in or near Pontours?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Café associatif L'imaginaire and Maison de Montard.
What well-known places are within a day out of Pontours?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Grotte de Font-de-Gaume (24 km), Abri de la Madeleine (26 km), Château de Castelnaud (30 km), Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat (36 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Pontours, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.