Samson travel guide
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Visit Samson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Samson is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 23 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Samson is 330 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 7 km from Samson
Popular places to visit near Samson: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 7 km and Salins-les-Bains at 13 km.
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 8km and Salins-les-Bains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km. 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 Samson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Samson
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Samson.
Note that all distances from Samson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Samson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Samson (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 Doubs 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 Samson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (30km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (42km) : Parc de l'Etang (46km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (47km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (28km) : Chateau-Chalon (38km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (13km) : Arbois (19km) : Besancon (24km) : Dole (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Samson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Samson
Canton: Quingey
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25440
Distance to Samson
from Besancon: 23 km
from Paris: 330 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 388 km
from Bordeaux: 556 km
from Strasbourg: 220 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 28 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Samson): Bartherans, Breres, Buffard, By, Cessey, Champagne-sur-Loue, Chay, Chouzelot, Courcelles, Cussey-sur-Lison, Echay, Fourg, Goux-sous-Landet, Grange-de-Vaivre, Lavans-Quingey, Liesle, Lombard, Mesmay, Montfort, Myon, Palantine, Paroy, Pessans, Pointvillers, Port-Lesney, Quingey, Rennes-sur-Loue and Ronchaux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Samson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Samson