Bordeaux travel guide
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Visit Bordeaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bordeaux is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Gironde department. (General information: Bordeaux is 504 km from Paris and 709 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Bordeaux (page also includes a photo gallery for Bordeaux)
Popular places to visit near Bordeaux: these include Bordeaux Waterfront at 7 km and Bordeaux at 7 km.
Bordeaux is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national monument' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bordeaux: Bordeaux has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bordeaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bordeaux
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bordeaux.
Note that all distances from Bordeaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bordeaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bordeaux (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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Grenade (13km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (14km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (24km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (26km) : Jardins du château de Malle (31km) : Parc du château Lanessan (40km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (7km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (19km) : Cadillac Chateau (24km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (19km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (7km) : Saint-Emilion (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (7km) :
Map of places to visit near Bordeaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bordeaux
Canton: Bordeaux
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33000
Distance to Bordeaux
from Bordeaux: 0 km
from Paris: 504 km
from Calais: 709 km
from Nice: 635 km
from Bordeaux: 7 km
from Strasbourg: 761 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bordeaux): Begles, Bouliac, Cadaujac, Camblanes-et-Meynac, Gradignan, Latresne, Leognan, Pessac, Quinsac, Talence and Villenave-d'Ornon.
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 from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bordeaux