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Visit Saxel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saxel is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 43 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Saxel is 420 km from Paris and 621 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Yvoire at 15 km from Saxel
Popular places to visit near Saxel: these include Yvoire at 15 km and Thonon les Bains at 15 km.
Cascade de la Diomaz is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Saxel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saxel
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saxel.
Note that all distances from Saxel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saxel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saxel (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 Haute-Savoie 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 Saxel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (15km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (21km) : Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (31km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (15km) : Evian-les-Bains (23km) : Annecy (43km) : Megeve (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (21km) : Sallanches (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Saxel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saxel
Canton: Boëge
Arrondissement: Thonon-les-Bains
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74420
Distance to Saxel
from Annecy: 43 km
from Paris: 420 km
from Calais: 621 km
from Nice: 291 km
from Bordeaux: 565 km
from Strasbourg: 279 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saxel): Boege, Bogeve, Bons-en-Chablais, Brenthonne, Burdignin, Cervens, Fessy, Habere-Lullin, Habere-Poche, Lully, Machilly and Villard.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saxel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saxel