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Visit Cars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cars is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 39 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Cars is 472 km from Paris and 673 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Blaye at 3 km from Cars
Popular places to visit near Cars: these include Blaye at 3 km and Margaux at 10 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 14km. 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 Cars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cars
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cars.
Note that all distances from Cars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cars (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 Cars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (9km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (29km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (35km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (35km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (14km) : Pey-Berland Tower (32km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (47km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (32km) : Saint-Emilion (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Cars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cars
Canton: Blaye
Arrondissement: Blaye
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33390
Distance to Cars
from Bordeaux: 39 km
from Paris: 472 km
from Calais: 673 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 32 km
from Strasbourg: 743 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cars): Berson, Blaye, Campugnan, Fours, Generac, Mazion, Mombrier, Plassac, Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse, Saint-Genes-de-Blaye, Saint-Martin-Lacaussade, Saint-Paul, Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac, Saint-Trojan, Samonac, Teuillac 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 Cars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cars