Saignon travel guide
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Visit Saignon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saignon is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 50 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Saignon is 603 km from Paris and 833 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Apt at 3 km from Saignon
Popular places to visit near Saignon: these include Apt at 3 km and Cucuron at 10 km.
Apt is a listed 'recommended detour' at 3km and Luberon is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 4km. 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 Saignon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saignon
See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saignon.
Note that all distances from Saignon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saignon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saignon (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 Provence and Vaucluse 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 Saignon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (10km) : Jardin de la Louve (11km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (19km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (28km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (28km) : Jarditrain (30km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (33km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (40km) : Jardin d'Albertas (45km) : Clos de Villeneuve (45km) :
- National Monuments: Glanum (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lourmarin (12km) : Roussillon (12km) : Ansouis (14km) : Menerbes (18km) : Gordes (19km) : Venasque (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (19km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (19km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (28km) : Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Apt (3km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (37km) : Montagne Sainte-Victoire (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Saignon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saignon
Canton: Apt
Arrondissement: Apt
Department: Vaucluse
Region: Provence
Postcode: 84400
Distance to Saignon
from Avignon: 50 km
from Paris: 603 km
from Calais: 833 km
from Nice: 149 km
from Bordeaux: 490 km
from Strasbourg: 555 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saignon): Apt, Auribeau, Buoux, Caseneuve, Castellet, Gargas and Sivergues.
Getting here
Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Saignon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saignon