Saillant travel guide
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Visit Saillant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saillant is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 74 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Saillant is 396 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 17 km from Saillant
Popular places to visit near Saillant: these include Ambert at 17 km and La Chaise-Dieu at 23 km.
Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' 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 Saillant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saillant
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saillant.
Note that all distances from Saillant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saillant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saillant (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Saillant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (8km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (46km) : Aulteribe Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (42km) : Usson (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (34km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (45km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (45km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (48km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (37km) : Le Puy en Velay (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (17km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (46km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saillant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saillant
Canton: Viverols
Arrondissement: Ambert
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63840
Distance to Saillant
from Clermont-Ferrand: 74 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 330 km
from Bordeaux: 359 km
from Strasbourg: 453 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saillant): Eglisolles, La Chapelle-en-Lafaye, La Chaulme, Saint-Clement-de-Valorgue, Saint-Romain and Viverols.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saillant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saillant