Saone travel guide
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Visit Saone: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saone is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 7 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Saone is 334 km from Paris and 517 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 8 km from Saone
Popular places to visit near Saone: these include Besancon at 8 km and Ornans at 14 km.
Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 8km and Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saone: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saone, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saone
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saone.
Note that all distances from Saone shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saone holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saone (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 Saone and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'Etang (43km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (8km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (22km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Besancon (8km) : Salins-les-Bains (36km) : Arbois (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Saone & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saône
Canton: Besançon-Sud
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25660
Distance to Saone
from Besancon: 7 km
from Paris: 334 km
from Calais: 517 km
from Nice: 402 km
from Bordeaux: 581 km
from Strasbourg: 194 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 Saone): Chaleze, Chalezeule, Gennes, La Chevillotte, La Veze, Le Gratteris, Mamirolle, Montfaucon, Morre, Nancray, Roche-Lez-Beaupre and Thise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saone from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saone