Arcachon travel guide
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Visit Arcachon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arcachon is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 49 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Arcachon is 538 km from Paris and 735 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Arcachon (page also includes a photo gallery for Arcachon)
Popular places to visit near Arcachon: these include Arcachon at 1 km and Cap Ferret at 15 km.
Bassin d'Arcachon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 3km and Dune du Pilat is a listed 'grand site of france' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Arcachon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arcachon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arcachon
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arcachon.
Note that all distances from Arcachon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arcachon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arcachon (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 Aquitaine and Gironde 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 Arcachon and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Biscarrosse (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Arcachon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arcachon
Canton: Arcachon
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33120
Distance to Arcachon
from Bordeaux: 49 km
from Paris: 538 km
from Calais: 735 km
from Nice: 680 km
from Bordeaux: 50 km
from Strasbourg: 807 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arcachon): La Teste-de-Buch.
Getting here
Gironde is in the south-west of France. Most visitors will fly into Bordeaux airport (or Bergerac) while drivers should allow 7-8 hours driving time from the ports at Le Havre or Cherbourg. For driving distances to Arcachon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arcachon