Bordeaux airport travel guide

Bordeaux airport photo, taken in Bordeaux Waterfront France

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Visit Bordeaux airport: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Bordeaux airport is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 14 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Bordeaux airport is 505 km from Paris and 707 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Bordeaux Waterfront at 11 km from Bordeaux airport

Popular places to visit near Bordeaux airport: these include Bordeaux Waterfront at 11 km and Bordeaux at 11 km.

Bordeaux is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national monument' at 11km. 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 Bordeaux airport, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bordeaux airport

photo of Margaux
Margaux 24km
photo of Blaye
Blaye 34km
photo of Lacanau
Lacanau 34km
photo of Carcans
Carcans 38km
photo of Hourtin
Hourtin 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bordeaux airport.

Note that all distances from Bordeaux airport shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Bordeaux airport holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bordeaux airport (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 Bordeaux airport and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Grenade (26km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (27km) : Parc du château Lanessan (32km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (33km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (33km) : Jardins du château de Malle (44km) :
  2. National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (11km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (29km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (33km) : Cadillac Chateau (38km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (33km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (45km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (11km) : Saint-Emilion (45km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (11km) :
  6. Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Bordeaux airport & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Bordeaux airport

Canton: na

Arrondissement: na

Department: Gironde

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: na

Distance to Bordeaux airport

from Bordeaux: 14 km

from Paris: 505 km

from Calais: 707 km

from Nice: 648 km

from Bordeaux: 11 km

from Strasbourg: 768 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bordeaux airport): Le Haillan, Martignas-sur-Jalle, Merignac and Saint-Jean-d'Illac.

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 Bordeaux airport from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Bordeaux airport