Varennes-sur-Loire travel guide

Varennes-sur-Loire photo, taken in Montsoreau France

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Visit Varennes-sur-Loire: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Varennes-sur-Loire is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 52 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Varennes-sur-Loire is 248 km from Paris and 433 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Montsoreau at 3 km from Varennes-sur-Loire

Popular places to visit near Varennes-sur-Loire: these include Montsoreau at 3 km and Candes-Saint-Martin at 4 km.

Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 1km and Montsoreau is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 3km. 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-sur-Loire, France

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

photo of Saumur
Saumur 10km
photo of Chinon
Chinon 15km
photo of Bauge
Bauge 35km
photo of Thouars
Thouars 36km

See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Varennes-sur-Loire.

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

Varennes-sur-Loire holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varennes-sur-Loire (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 Maine-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-sur-Loire and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (27km) : Parc de Lathan (27km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (31km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (46km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (49km) :
  2. National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (6km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (31km) : Oiron Chateau (34km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (3km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (4km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (34km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (4km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (7km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (24km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (42km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (48km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (35km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (39km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (49km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Chinon (15km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (20km) : Loudun (26km) :

Map of places to visit near Varennes-sur-Loire & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Varennes-sur-Loire

Canton: Allonnes

Arrondissement: Saumur

Department: Maine-et-Loire

Region: Pays-de-la-Loire

Postcode: 49730

Distance to Varennes-sur-Loire

from Angers: 52 km

from Paris: 248 km

from Calais: 433 km

from Nice: 686 km

from Bordeaux: 272 km

from Strasbourg: 592 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-sur-Loire): Allonnes, Candes-Saint-Martin, Chouze-sur-Loire, Montsoreau, Parnay, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Savigny-en-Veron, Souzay-Champigny and Turquant.

Getting here

Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Varennes-sur-Loire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Varennes-sur-Loire