Saignes travel guide
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Visit Saignes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saignes is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 48 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Saignes is 454 km from Paris and 685 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Autoire at 7 km from Saignes
Popular places to visit near Saignes: these include Autoire at 7 km and Gramat at 7 km.
Autoire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Chateau Montal is a listed 'national monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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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 Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Lot 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': Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (44km) : Jardin de la Daille (46km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (47km) : Jardins secrets de Cahors (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Montal (9km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (12km) : Assier Chateau (13km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Autoire (7km) : Loubressac (9km) : Carennac (16km) : Curemonte (24km) : Collonges-la-Rouge (33km) : Turenne (35km) : Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (38km) : Domme (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (16km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (29km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (48km) : Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (48km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (27km) : Sarlat (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Saignes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saignes
Canton: Saint-Céré
Arrondissement: Figeac
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46500
Distance to Saignes
from Cahors: 48 km
from Paris: 454 km
from Calais: 685 km
from Nice: 451 km
from Bordeaux: 189 km
from Strasbourg: 619 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saignes): Albiac, Aynac, Bio, Issendolus, Lavergne, Mayrinhac-Lentour, Padirac, Rueyres, Saint-Jean-Lagineste, Thegra and Themines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saignes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saignes