Saint-Avre travel guide
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Visit Saint-Avre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Avre is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 38 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Avre is 491 km from Paris and 704 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Valmorel at 18 km from Saint-Avre
Popular places to visit near Saint-Avre: these include Valmorel at 18 km and Meribel at 21 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Col de la Croix-de-Fer is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. 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 Saint-Avre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Avre
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Avre.
Note that all distances from Saint-Avre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Avre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Avre (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 Rhone-Alpes and Savoie 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 Saint-Avre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château du Touvet (28km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (34km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (47km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (48km) : Aix-les-Bains (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (36km) : Chambery (38km) : Grenoble (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Avre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Avre
Canton: Chambre
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73130
Distance to Saint-Avre
from Chambery: 38 km
from Paris: 491 km
from Calais: 704 km
from Nice: 199 km
from Bordeaux: 543 km
from Strasbourg: 376 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Avre): La Chambre, Le Chatel, Montaimont, Montgellafrey, Montvernier, Notre-Dame-du-Cruet, Pontamafrey-Montpascal, Saint-Alban-Des-Villards, Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines, Saint-Martin-sur-la-Chambre, Saint-Remy-de-Maurienne and Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Avre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Avre