Floirac travel guide
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Visit Floirac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Floirac is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 8 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Floirac is 497 km from Paris and 702 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bordeaux at 5 km from Floirac
Popular places to visit near Floirac: these include Bordeaux at 5 km and Bordeaux Waterfront at 5 km.
Bordeaux Port is a listed 'heritage site' at 5km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Floirac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Floirac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Floirac
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Floirac.
Note that all distances from Floirac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Floirac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Floirac (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 Floirac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vayres (17km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (17km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (19km) : Parc du château de Grenade (19km) : Parc du château Lanessan (35km) : Jardins du château de Malle (35km) : Jardins du Sardy (49km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (5km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (18km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (22km) : Cadillac Chateau (27km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (18km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (5km) : Saint-Emilion (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (5km) :
Map of places to visit near Floirac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Floirac
Canton: Floirac
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33270
Distance to Floirac
from Bordeaux: 8 km
from Paris: 497 km
from Calais: 702 km
from Nice: 632 km
from Bordeaux: 5 km
from Strasbourg: 755 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Floirac): Artigues-Pres-Bordeaux, Begles, Bouliac, Carignan-de-Bordeaux, Cenon, Lormont, Tresses and Yvrac.
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 Floirac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Floirac