Castelnau-de-Medoc travel guide
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Visit Castelnau-de-Medoc: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Castelnau-de-Medoc is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 33 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Castelnau-de-Medoc is 488 km from Paris and 687 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Margaux at 10 km from Castelnau-de-Medoc
Popular places to visit near Castelnau-de-Medoc: these include Margaux at 10 km and Blaye at 16 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 23km. 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 Castelnau-de-Medoc, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Castelnau-de-Medoc
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Castelnau-de-Medoc.
Note that all distances from Castelnau-de-Medoc shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Castelnau-de-Medoc holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Castelnau-de-Medoc (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 Castelnau-de-Medoc and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (11km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (37km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (41km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (46km) : Parc du château de Grenade (47km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (23km) : Pey-Berland Tower (27km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Castelnau-de-Medoc & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Canton: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33480
Distance to Castelnau-de-Medoc
from Bordeaux: 33 km
from Paris: 488 km
from Calais: 687 km
from Nice: 658 km
from Bordeaux: 27 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 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Castelnau-de-Medoc): Arcins, Avensan, Listrac-Medoc and Moulis-en-Medoc.
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 Castelnau-de-Medoc from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Castelnau-de-Medoc