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Visit Vire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vire is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Vire is 326 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brancion at 10 km from Vire
Popular places to visit near Vire: these include Brancion at 10 km and Cluny at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Vire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vire
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vire.
Note that all distances from Vire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vire (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 Saone-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 Vire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Jardins du château de Drée (43km) : Parc du château de Laye (44km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (44km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (12km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (14km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (14km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (15km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (34km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (16km) : Vonnas (28km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Vire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Viré
Canton: Lugny
Arrondissement: Mâcon
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71260
Distance to Vire
from Macon: 16 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 360 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 323 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vire): Bissy-la-Maconnaise, Boz, Burgy, Clesse, Fleurville, La Salle, Laize, Lugny, Montbellet, Peronne, Saint-Albain, Saint-Gengoux-de-Scisse, Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay and Senozan.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Vire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vire