Saint-Cernin travel guide
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Visit Saint-Cernin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Cernin is situated in the Lot department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 19 km from Cahors, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Cernin is 478 km from Paris and 707 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie at 16 km from Saint-Cernin
Popular places to visit near Saint-Cernin: these include Saint-Cirq-Lapopie at 16 km and Cahors at 20 km.
Causses du Quercy is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 9km and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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-Cernin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Cernin
See France This Way travel guides for Lot and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Cernin.
Note that all distances from Saint-Cernin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Cernin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Cernin (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 Saint-Cernin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins secrets de Cahors (19km) : Jardin de la Daille (30km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (37km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (39km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (42km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (47km) : Jardin de Conty (48km) :
- National Monuments: Assier Chateau (25km) : Chateau Montal (38km) : Castelnau-Bretenoux Chateau (39km) : Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (16km) : Autoire (35km) : Loubressac (36km) : Domme (37km) : Carennac (38km) : La Roque-Gageac (41km) : Beynac (44km) : Curemonte (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Saint-Étienne (Cahors) (19km) : Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (35km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Carennac) (38km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cahors (19km) : Cayriech (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Figeac (36km) : Sarlat (44km) : Villefranche-de-Rouergue (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Rocamadour (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Cernin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Cernin
Canton: Lauzès
Arrondissement: Cahors
Department: Lot
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 46360
Distance to Saint-Cernin
from Cahors: 19 km
from Paris: 478 km
from Calais: 707 km
from Nice: 464 km
from Bordeaux: 173 km
from Strasbourg: 647 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Cernin): Caniac-du-Causse, Cras, Lamothe-Cassel, Lauzes, Nadillac, Sabadel-Lauzes, Saint-Martin-de-Vers, Saint-Sauveur-la-Vallee, Senaillac-Lauzes and Soulomes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Cernin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Cernin