Varennes-le-Grand travel guide
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Visit Varennes-le-Grand: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varennes-le-Grand is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 46 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Varennes-le-Grand is 304 km from Paris and 521 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 8 km from Varennes-le-Grand
Popular places to visit near Varennes-le-Grand: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 8 km and Tournus at 17 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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-le-Grand, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varennes-le-Grand
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 Varennes-le-Grand.
Note that all distances from Varennes-le-Grand shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varennes-le-Grand holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varennes-le-Grand (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 Varennes-le-Grand and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (33km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (34km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (35km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (35km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (35km) : Macon (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (8km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Varennes-le-Grand & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varennes-le-Grand
Canton: Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71240
Distance to Varennes-le-Grand
from Macon: 46 km
from Paris: 304 km
from Calais: 521 km
from Nice: 383 km
from Bordeaux: 471 km
from Strasbourg: 299 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Varennes-le-Grand): Beaumont-sur-Grosne, Epervans, Gigny-sur-Saone, Lux, Marnay, Ouroux-sur-Saone, Saint-Ambreuil, Saint-Cyr, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes and Sevrey.
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 Varennes-le-Grand from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varennes-le-Grand