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Monastère de Saorge
Come and discover the monastery of Saorge in the countryside north of Menton, a former Franciscan convent and superb example of Baroque architecture perched above the Roya gorges.
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Times may vary
Open very day except Tuesday
2 May to 30 September : 10 am to 12 and 2 to 6 pm
February, March, April and October : 10 am to 12 and 2 to 5 pm
Closed
November to January
May 1
Booking required for groups
Prices
Adult rate : 5,50 €
Reduced rate : 4 €
Adult group rate : 4,50 € (minimum 20 persons)
School group rate : 20 € (maximum 35 students, 2 accompananying adults included, adult group rate for additional accompananying adult)
Free admission :
Minors under 18 (family visit)
18-25
years old (for people under 26
years old who are citizens of one the 27 countries of EU or are non-European
permanent residents of France)
Disabled visitors and their
escorts
Unemployed persons
Going there
From Nice: main road N 2204 towards Tende
Localisation
Monastère de Saorge
06540 Saorge
Tel: 33 / (0)4 93 04 55 55
Fax: 33 / (0)4 93 04 52 37
Tourist Office
F 33 / (0)4 93 04 52 37
GPS details
Longitude : 7.551
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Read moreUnderstanding the monastery of Saorge
• A strategic place.
Saorge was a very important strategic stronghold controlling the road
from Nice to Piedmont via the Tende pass. Recollect Franciscans settled
here in 1633 during the Catholic Reformation. Building of the
Notre-Dame-des-Miracles convent was completed in 1660.
Visits
Unaccompagnied visit
- Price : 5 €
- Reductions : 3.5€
- Group price : 4.20 €
Guided visit
- Price : 5€
- Reductions : 3.50€
- Group price : 4.20€
Gift and book shop
Guide Dog allowed
Dogs excluded
French 
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Dutch Useful links
- Site du parc du Mercantour
- Site de l’agence de développement touristique de la vallée de Roya Bevera
- Portail officiel du tourisme de la Riviera Côte d'Azur
- Site de la ville de Breil-sur-Roya
- Collège international des traducteurs littéraires
- Maison des écrivains et de la littérature
- Centre national du Livre
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What people think about it SAORGE Remarquable Village perché de l'arrière pays niçois en bordure de la frontière italienne, dans la vallée de la Roya. Trois églises dont une au clocher lombard. Monastère merveilleux avec ses nombreux cadrans solaires. Orgue italien des frères Lingiardi originaire de Gênes. De très nombreux concerts toute l'année. Un festival international d'orgue. Un endroit de rêve pour l'élite intellectuelle.
