Varennes-sur-Allier travel guide
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Visit Varennes-sur-Allier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varennes-sur-Allier is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 346 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Varennes-sur-Allier is 293 km from Paris and 528 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 8 km from Varennes-sur-Allier
Popular places to visit near Varennes-sur-Allier: these include Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 8 km and Lapalisse at 20 km.
Chareil-Cintrat Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 15km and Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Varennes-sur-Allier: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Varennes-sur-Allier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varennes-sur-Allier
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varennes-sur-Allier.
Note that all distances from Varennes-sur-Allier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varennes-sur-Allier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varennes-sur-Allier (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 Allier 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-sur-Allier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (33km) : Arboretum de Balaine (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (44km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Varennes-sur-Allier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varennes-sur-Allier
Canton: Varennes-sur-Allier
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03150
Distance to Varennes-sur-Allier
from Moulins: 346 km
from Paris: 293 km
from Calais: 528 km
from Nice: 421 km
from Bordeaux: 350 km
from Strasbourg: 413 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Varennes-sur-Allier): Langy, Loriges, Montoldre, Paray-sous-Briailles, Rongeres and Saint-Loup.
Getting here
For driving distances to Varennes-sur-Allier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varennes-sur-Allier