Salins travel guide
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Visit Salins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Salins is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Salins is 407 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mauriac at 6 km from Salins
Popular places to visit near Salins: these include Mauriac at 6 km and Salers at 10 km.
Verger de Déduit is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Salers is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Salins: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Salins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Salins
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Salins.
Note that all distances from Salins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Salins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Salins (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 Cantal 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 Salins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (4km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (23km) : Jardin de la Ganille (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Salers (10km) : Tournemire (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (23km) : Meymac (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Salins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Salins
Canton: Mauriac
Arrondissement: Mauriac
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15200
Distance to Salins
from Aurillac: 31 km
from Paris: 407 km
from Calais: 641 km
from Nice: 421 km
from Bordeaux: 237 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 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Salins): Anglards-de-Salers, Drugeac, Escorailles, Le Vigean, Mauriac and Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers.
Getting here
For driving distances to Salins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Salins