Discover and book the top Souillac sights
Learn more about making liqueurs in this traditional distillery.
Come visit the museum and the cellars of an artisanal distillery. Here, each bottle is capped, waxed and labelled manually in front of you, in the purest respect of tradition. Guided tours are available, as well as tastings of the products.
A unique collection of animated toys, statues and displays from the 19th century, that are still featured in society today in Christmas shop windows.
This collection evokes an atmosphere with light and sound that transports both children and adults into a dream-like world. The museum houses the largest museum of old automata and mechanical toys in Europe.
Built between 1075 and 1150, the Abbey Sainte-Marie ranks among the finest examples of Romanesque and Byzantine architectural styles in the south-west of France.
Laid out on the plan of a Latin cross, the sanctuary was inspired by the church of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul. It shares some architectural similarities with the Saint-Front Cathedral of Périgueux and the Saint-Étienne Cathedral of Cahors.
Repeatedly ruined and plundered during the Hundred Year War, the abbey was recovering thanks to the tenacity of the abbots, but later the religious wars caused even greater damage. Rebuilt in the 15th-century, the abbey actually ceased to exist during the Revolution, its buildings being transformed into tobacco store.
Standing near the Porte Barnicou (one of the five gates to the walled city), this 12th-century church was rebuilt in the late 15th-century and remodeled once again in the 17th-century.
The apse of the church is now home to the Tourist Information office of Souilac and the body of the church once served as the town hall, but has now been converted into an exhibition space.
All that you will find remaining of the Romanesque building is the typanum that depicts Christ with Mary and St Martin. The tower which stands above the church is now a clock tower but was also once used as a defense tower and has been badly damaged.