Varenne-Saint-Germain travel guide
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Visit Varenne-Saint-Germain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varenne-Saint-Germain is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 63 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Varenne-Saint-Germain is 298 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 8 km from Varenne-Saint-Germain
Popular places to visit near Varenne-Saint-Germain: these include Paray-le-Monial at 8 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 12 km.
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Varenne-Saint-Germain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varenne-Saint-Germain
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varenne-Saint-Germain.
Note that all distances from Varenne-Saint-Germain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varenne-Saint-Germain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varenne-Saint-Germain (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 France and Saone-et-Loire 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 Varenne-Saint-Germain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (14km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (17km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (20km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (26km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (8km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (14km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (25km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (8km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (32km) : Lapalisse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Varenne-Saint-Germain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varenne-Saint-Germain
Canton: Digoin
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71600
Distance to Varenne-Saint-Germain
from Macon: 63 km
from Paris: 298 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 396 km
from Bordeaux: 399 km
from Strasbourg: 368 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Varenne-Saint-Germain): Chassenard, Digoin, Saint-Leger-les-Paray, Saint-Yan and Vitry-en-Charollais.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Varenne-Saint-Germain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varenne-Saint-Germain