Samsons-Lion travel guide
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Visit Samsons-Lion: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Samsons-Lion is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 25 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Samsons-Lion is 632 km from Paris and 849 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maubourguet at 13 km from Samsons-Lion
Popular places to visit near Samsons-Lion: these include Maubourguet at 13 km and Pau at 25 km.
Jardins du château de Viven is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km and Pau is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 25km. 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 Samsons-Lion, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Samsons-Lion
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Samsons-Lion.
Note that all distances from Samsons-Lion shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Samsons-Lion holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Samsons-Lion (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 Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques 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 Samsons-Lion and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Viven (20km) : Jardin du château de Momas (26km) : Jardin Massey (27km) : Palmeraie du Sarthou (34km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pau (25km) : Tarbes (25km) : Hagetmau (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Samsons-Lion & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Samsons-Lion
Canton: Lembeye
Arrondissement: Pau
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64350
Distance to Samsons-Lion
from Pau: 25 km
from Paris: 632 km
from Calais: 849 km
from Nice: 596 km
from Bordeaux: 160 km
from Strasbourg: 834 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Samsons-Lion): Abere, Anoye, Bentayou-Seree, Corbere-Aberes, Escures, Gayon, Gerderest, Lalongue, Lembeye, Lespielle, Lucarre, Maure, Momy, Moncaup, Peyrelongue-Abos, Simacourbe and Vidouze.
Getting here
Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Samsons-Lion from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Samsons-Lion