Saignes travel guide
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Visit Saignes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saignes is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 46 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Saignes is 392 km from Paris and 626 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Riom-es-Montagnes at 15 km from Saignes
Popular places to visit near Saignes: these include Riom-es-Montagnes at 15 km and Mauriac at 17 km.
Riom-es-Montagnes is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Verger de Déduit is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saignes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saignes
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saignes.
Note that all distances from Saignes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saignes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saignes (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Cantal gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saignes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (15km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (17km) : Jardin de la Ganille (27km) : Jardins de Cordès (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Salers (22km) : Tournemire (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (15km) : Meymac (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Saignes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saignes
Canton: Saignes
Arrondissement: Mauriac
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15240
Distance to Saignes
from Aurillac: 46 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 626 km
from Nice: 421 km
from Bordeaux: 246 km
from Strasbourg: 539 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saignes): Antignac, Bassignac, La Monselie, Le Monteil, Madic, Sauvat, Vebret and Ydes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saignes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saignes