Savines-le-Lac travel guide
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Visit Savines-le-Lac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Savines-le-Lac is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 26 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Savines-le-Lac is 572 km from Paris and 791 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 9 km from Savines-le-Lac
Popular places to visit near Savines-le-Lac: these include Embrun at 9 km and Seyne-les-Alpes at 20 km.
Lac de Serre-Poncon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km and Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin is a listed 'national monument' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Savines-le-Lac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Savines-le-Lac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Savines-le-Lac
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Savines-le-Lac.
Note that all distances from Savines-le-Lac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Savines-le-Lac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Savines-le-Lac (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 Hautes-Alpes 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 Savines-le-Lac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (28km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poligny (34km) : Briancon (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Savines-le-Lac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Savines-le-Lac
Canton: Savines-le-Lac
Arrondissement: Gap
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05160
Distance to Savines-le-Lac
from Gap: 26 km
from Paris: 572 km
from Calais: 791 km
from Nice: 115 km
from Bordeaux: 553 km
from Strasbourg: 463 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 Savines-le-Lac): Crots, Pontis, Prunieres, Puy-Saint-Eusebe, Puy-Sanieres and Saint-Apollinaire.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Savines-le-Lac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Savines-le-Lac