Varaignes travel guide
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Visit Varaignes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varaignes is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 48 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Varaignes is 387 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marthon at 7 km from Varaignes
Popular places to visit near Varaignes: these include Marthon at 7 km and Nontron at 13 km.
Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Perigord-Limousin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Varaignes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varaignes
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varaignes.
Note that all distances from Varaignes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varaignes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varaignes (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 Aquitaine and Dordogne 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 Varaignes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (32km) : Jardin de Liliane (38km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (31km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (33km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (37km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (31km) : Perigueux (48km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Varaignes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varaignes
Canton: Bussière-Badil
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24360
Distance to Varaignes
from Perigueux: 48 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 573 km
from Bordeaux: 121 km
from Strasbourg: 639 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Varaignes): Eymouthiers, Feuillade, Mainzac, Soudat, Souffrignac and Teyjat.
Getting here
Dordogne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at either Bergerac (or Bordeaux). Alternatively to drive from the cross-channel ports takes around 9-11 hours. For driving distances to Varaignes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varaignes