Saorge travel guide
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Visit Saorge: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saorge is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 39 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Saorge is 672 km from Paris and 884 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saorge (page also includes a photo gallery for Saorge)
Popular places to visit near Saorge: these include Breil-sur-Roya at 6 km and La Brigue at 10 km.
Cirque du Gelas is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Sainte-Agnes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. 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 Saorge, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saorge
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saorge.
Note that all distances from Saorge shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saorge holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saorge (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 Provence and Alpes-Maritimes 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 Saorge and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La citronneraie (24km) : Serre de la Madone (24km) : Palais Carnolès (24km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (37km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (39km) : Jardin botanique (39km) : Le Vallon du Brec (46km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (22km) : Coaraze (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (24km) : Nice (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Saorge & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saorge
Canton: Breil-sur-Roya
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06540
Distance to Saorge
from Nice: 39 km
from Paris: 672 km
from Calais: 884 km
from Nice: 39 km
from Bordeaux: 652 km
from Strasbourg: 511 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saorge): Breil-sur-Roya and Fontan.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Saorge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saorge