Ares travel guide
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Visit Ares: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ares is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 45 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Ares is 526 km from Paris and 723 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cap Ferret at 3 km from Ares
Popular places to visit near Ares: these include Cap Ferret at 3 km and Arcachon at 12 km.
Bassin d'Arcachon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Domaine de Certes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ares: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ares, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ares
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ares.
Note that all distances from Ares shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ares holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ares (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 Ares and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Biscarrosse (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Ares & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arès
Canton: Audenge
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33740
Distance to Ares
from Bordeaux: 45 km
from Paris: 526 km
from Calais: 723 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 45 km
from Strasbourg: 799 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ares): Andernos-les-Bains and Lege-Cap-Ferret.
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 Ares from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ares