Varaize travel guide
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Visit Varaize: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varaize is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 62 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Varaize is 387 km from Paris and 584 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 26 km from Varaize
Popular places to visit near Varaize: these include Saintes at 26 km and Cognac at 27 km.
Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Varaize, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varaize
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varaize.
Note that all distances from Varaize shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varaize holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varaize (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 Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime 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 Varaize and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (30km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (38km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (16km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (17km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (25km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (26km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Varaize & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varaize
Canton: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17400
Distance to Varaize
from La Rochelle: 62 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 584 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 121 km
from Strasbourg: 684 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 Varaize): Aumagne, Blanzac-les-Matha, Courcelles, Fontenet, La Brousse, Les Eglises-d'Argenteuil, Poursay-Garnaud, Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap, Saint-Martin-de-Juillers, Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers, Sainte-Meme and Vervant.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Varaize from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varaize