Saugues travel guide
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Visit Saugues: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saugues is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 28 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Saugues is 443 km from Paris and 678 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 16 km from Saugues
Popular places to visit near Saugues: these include Allier gorges at 16 km and Le Puy-en-Velay at 28 km.
Lac du Bouchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. 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 Saugues, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saugues
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saugues.
Note that all distances from Saugues shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saugues holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saugues (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 Haute-Loire 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 Saugues and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (31km) : Pradelles (34km) : Lavaudieu (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (31km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (37km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (39km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (28km) : Saint-Flour (37km) : Marvejols (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Saugues & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saugues
Canton: Saugues
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43170
Distance to Saugues
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 28 km
from Paris: 443 km
from Calais: 678 km
from Nice: 327 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 514 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saugues): Cubelles, Esplantas, Grezes and Venteuges.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saugues from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saugues