Varennes-sur-Loire travel guide
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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.
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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
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!
- '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) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (6km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (31km) : Oiron Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (3km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (4km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (34km) :
- 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) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (35km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (39km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (15km) :
- 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