Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne travel guide

Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne photo, taken in Belleville France

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Visit Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne is 353 km from Paris and 579 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Belleville at 10 km from Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne

Popular places to visit near Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne: these include Belleville at 10 km and Oingt at 15 km.

Parc du château de Laye is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne

photo of Oingt
Oingt 15km
photo of Theize
Theize 15km
photo of Anse
Anse 17km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 18km
photo of Trevoux
Trevoux 19km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 29km
photo of Dombes
Dombes 30km
photo of Macon
Macon 30km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 39km
photo of Cluny
Cluny 40km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne.

Note that all distances from Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne (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 Rhone 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 Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (7km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (15km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (27km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (36km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km) : Parc de Gerland (39km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (44km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (47km) :
  2. National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (48km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Oingt (15km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (46km) : Perouges (46km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (35km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (37km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (38km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (39km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (40km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (45km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (26km) : Macon (29km) : Vonnas (32km) : Ecully (35km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (19km) : Charlieu (37km) :
  8. Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (26km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne

Canton: Belleville

Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône

Department: Rhone

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 69460

Distance to Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne

from Lyon: 38 km

from Paris: 353 km

from Calais: 579 km

from Nice: 336 km

from Bordeaux: 429 km

from Strasbourg: 365 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne): Arnas, Blace, Cercie, Charentay, Le Perreon, Marchampt, Odenas, Quincie-en-Beaujolais, Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux, Saint-Etienne-Des-Oullieres, Saint-Julien, Saint-Lager and Vaux-en-Beaujolais.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne