Saumane travel guide
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Visit Saumane: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saumane is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 43 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Saumane is 588 km from Paris and 815 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Simiane-la-Rotonde at 16 km from Saumane
Popular places to visit near Saumane: these include Simiane-la-Rotonde at 16 km and Forcalquier at 16 km.
Jardins du prieuré de Salagon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km and Jardins du château de Sauvan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Saumane, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saumane
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saumane.
Note that all distances from Saumane shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saumane holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saumane (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-de-Haute-Provence 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 Saumane and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (18km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (18km) : Clos de Villeneuve (36km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (40km) : Jardin de la Louve (43km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (46km) : Jarditrain (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Roussillon (38km) : Ansouis (43km) : Gordes (44km) : Lourmarin (45km) : Venasque (45km) : Menerbes (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (20km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (23km) : Apt (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Saumane & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saumane
Canton: Banon
Arrondissement: Forcalquier
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04150
Distance to Saumane
from Digne-les-Bains: 43 km
from Paris: 588 km
from Calais: 815 km
from Nice: 134 km
from Bordeaux: 504 km
from Strasbourg: 524 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 Saumane): Banon, La Rochegiron, Lardiers and Redortiers.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Saumane from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saumane