Saou travel guide
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Visit Saou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saou is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the south-east of France at 35 km from Valence, the department capital. (General information: Saou is 512 km from Paris and 741 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crest at 10 km from Saou
Popular places to visit near Saou: these include Crest at 10 km and Le Poet-Laval at 13 km.
Crest is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Mirmande is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km. 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 Saou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saou
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saou.
Note that all distances from Saou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saou (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 Rhone-Alpes and Drome 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 Saou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Jouvet (35km) : Jardin des herbes (37km) : Jardin japonais (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mirmande (19km) : Seguret (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (24km) : Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) (25km) : Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montelier (33km) : Valence (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vaison-la-Romaine (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Crest (10km) : Nyons (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Saou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saou
Canton: Crest-Sud
Arrondissement: Die
Department: Drome
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 26400
Distance to Saou
from Valence: 35 km
from Paris: 512 km
from Calais: 741 km
from Nice: 205 km
from Bordeaux: 446 km
from Strasbourg: 484 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 Saou): Francillon-sur-Roubion, La Repara-Auriples, Le Poet-Celard, Mornans, Pont-de-Barret and Soyans.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saou