Venas travel guide
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Visit Venas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Venas is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 335 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Venas is 266 km from Paris and 502 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Herisson at 5 km from Venas
Popular places to visit near Venas: these include Herisson at 5 km and Montlucon at 19 km.
Montlucon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 19km and Foret de Troncais is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km. 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 Venas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Venas
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Venas.
Note that all distances from Venas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Venas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Venas (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 Venas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (34km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (35km) : Arboretum de Balaine (44km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (38km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (47km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (19km) : Moulins (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Venas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Venas
Canton: Hérisson
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03190
Distance to Venas
from Moulins: 335 km
from Paris: 266 km
from Calais: 502 km
from Nice: 469 km
from Bordeaux: 317 km
from Strasbourg: 441 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Venas): Cosne-d'Allier, Herisson, Louroux-Hodement and Sauvagny.
Getting here
For driving distances to Venas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Venas