Bassens travel guide
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Visit Bassens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bassens is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 14 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Bassens is 491 km from Paris and 695 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bordeaux Waterfront at 8 km from Bassens
Popular places to visit near Bassens: these include Bordeaux Waterfront at 8 km and Bordeaux at 8 km.
Bordeaux Port is a listed 'heritage site' at 8km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bassens: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bassens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bassens
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bassens.
Note that all distances from Bassens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bassens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bassens (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 Bassens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Fond de l’or (15km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (16km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (24km) : Parc du château de Grenade (26km) : Parc du château Lanessan (29km) : Jardins du château de Malle (41km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (8km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (15km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (22km) : Cadillac Chateau (33km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (22km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (8km) : Saint-Emilion (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (8km) :
Map of places to visit near Bassens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bassens
Canton: Lormont
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33530
Distance to Bassens
from Bordeaux: 14 km
from Paris: 491 km
from Calais: 695 km
from Nice: 633 km
from Bordeaux: 8 km
from Strasbourg: 751 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bassens): Ambares-et-Lagrave, Artigues-Pres-Bordeaux, Carbon-Blanc, Cenon, Lormont, Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Sainte-Eulalie, Tresses and Yvrac.
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 Bassens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bassens