Varennes-sur-Teche travel guide
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Visit Varennes-sur-Teche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Varennes-sur-Teche is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 344 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Varennes-sur-Teche is 297 km from Paris and 530 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 9 km from Varennes-sur-Teche
Popular places to visit near Varennes-sur-Teche: these include Lapalisse at 9 km and Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 26 km.
Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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-Teche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Varennes-sur-Teche
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-Teche.
Note that all distances from Varennes-sur-Teche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Varennes-sur-Teche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Varennes-sur-Teche (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-Teche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (40km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (41km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (43km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (36km) : Charroux (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (32km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (37km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (41km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (43km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (27km) : Paray-le-Monial (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (9km) : Charlieu (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Varennes-sur-Teche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Varennes-sur-Tèche
Canton: Jaligny-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03220
Distance to Varennes-sur-Teche
from Moulins: 344 km
from Paris: 297 km
from Calais: 530 km
from Nice: 409 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 399 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Varennes-sur-Teche): Chavroches, Cindre, Jaligny-sur-Besbre, Montcombroux-les-Mines, Servilly, Sorbier and Trezelles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Varennes-sur-Teche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Varennes-sur-Teche