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Varennes travel guide

Visit Varennes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Varennes is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 39 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Varennes is 465 km from Paris and 686 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Beaumont-du-Perigord at 10 km from Varennes

Popular places to visit near Varennes: these include Beaumont-du-Perigord at 10 km and Molieres at 12 km.

Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Bergerac is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Varennes, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varennes

See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varennes.

Note that all distances from Varennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Varennes and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Planbuisson (18km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (21km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (27km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (28km) : Jardin de Conty (29km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (38km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (39km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (42km) : Jardins du château de Losse (42km) : Jardins du Sardy (45km) :
2. National Monuments: Abri de Cap Blanc (29km) : Abri of Laugerie-Haute (29km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (29km) : Font-de-Gaume (30km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (48km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Limeuil (18km) : Monpazier (24km) : Belves (27km) : Monflanquin (34km) : Beynac (37km) : Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (38km) : La Roque-Gageac (40km) : Domme (42km) : Pujols (49km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (13km) : Eglise Sainte-Croix (Beaumont-du-Perigord) (16km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (16km) : Abbaye de Cadouin (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin) (18km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (22km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Belves) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (38km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (39km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (39km) : Eglise notre-Dame de Nativité (Cenac-et-Saint-Julien) (42km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Bergerac (15km) : Perigueux (39km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (46km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Varennes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Varennes

Canton: Lalinde

Arrondissement: Bergerac

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24150

Distance to Varennes

from Perigueux: 39 km

from Paris: 465 km

from Calais: 686 km

from Nice: 539 km

from Bordeaux: 99 km

from Strasbourg: 681 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 Varennes): Baneuil, Bayac, Cause-de-Clerans, Couze-et-Saint-Front, FAUX, Lalinde, Lanquais, Monsac, Mouleydier, Saint-Agne, Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde and Verdon.

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 Varennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Varennes