Varennes travel guide
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Visit Varennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varennes is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Varennes is 226 km from Paris and 437 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Loches at 8 km from Varennes
Popular places to visit near Varennes: these include Loches at 8 km and Montresor at 24 km.
Loches is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Montresor is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km. 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 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 Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (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.
Varennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varennes (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 Indre-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 Varennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (31km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (40km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (41km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (43km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (43km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (40km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (24km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (34km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (41km) : Veuil (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (8km) : Amboise (39km) : Tours (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Varennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varennes
Canton: Ligueil
Arrondissement: Loches
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37600
Distance to Varennes
from Tours: 40 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 437 km
from Nice: 621 km
from Bordeaux: 274 km
from Strasbourg: 537 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 Varennes): Ciran, Esves-le-Moutier, Mouzay, Saint-Senoch and Vou.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Varennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varennes