Cantenac travel guide
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Visit Cantenac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cantenac is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 29 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Cantenac is 483 km from Paris and 684 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Margaux at 2 km from Cantenac
Popular places to visit near Cantenac: these include Margaux at 2 km and Blaye at 11 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 12km. 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 Cantenac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cantenac
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cantenac.
Note that all distances from Cantenac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cantenac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cantenac (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 Cantenac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (11km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (26km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (30km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (41km) : Parc du château de Grenade (42km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (45km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (12km) : Pey-Berland Tower (22km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (39km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (22km) : Saint-Emilion (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Cantenac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cantenac
Canton: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33460
Distance to Cantenac
from Bordeaux: 29 km
from Paris: 483 km
from Calais: 684 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 22 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 Cantenac): Arcins, Arsac, Bayon-sur-Gironde, Comps, Gauriac, Labarde, Ludon-Medoc, Macau, Margaux and Soussans.
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 Cantenac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cantenac