Blaye travel guide
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Visit Blaye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Blaye is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 40 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Blaye is 473 km from Paris and 674 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Blaye
Popular places to visit near Blaye: these include Pauillac at 10 km and Margaux at 10 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 16km. 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 Blaye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Blaye
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Blaye.
Note that all distances from Blaye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Blaye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Blaye (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 Blaye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (5km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (32km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (38km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (16km) : Pey-Berland Tower (33km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (48km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (33km) : Saint-Emilion (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Blaye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Blaye
Canton: Blaye
Arrondissement: Blaye
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33390
Distance to Blaye
from Bordeaux: 40 km
from Paris: 473 km
from Calais: 674 km
from Nice: 649 km
from Bordeaux: 33 km
from Strasbourg: 746 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blaye): Berson, Cars, Cussac-Fort-Medoc, Fours, Lamarque, Mazion, Plassac, Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse, Saint-Genes-de-Blaye, Saint-Martin-Lacaussade, Saint-Paul, Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac and Villeneuve.
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 Blaye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Blaye