Fours travel guide
Visit Fours: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Blaye at 6 km from Fours
Location: Fours is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 37 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Fours is 468 km from Paris and 668 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Fours: these include Blaye at 6 km and Pauillac at 10 km. Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) is a listed heritage site at 6 km and Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) is a listed heritage site at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Fours, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fours
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fours.
Note that all distances from Fours shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fours holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Fours
- Blaye: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Cavignac: market every Thursday (20km)
- Castelnau-de-Medoc: market every Sunday (21km)
- Montendre: market every Thursday (21km)
- Blanquefort: market every Saturday (29km)
- Ambares-et-Lagrave: market every Friday & (29km)
- Bassens: market every Sunday (31km)
- Bruges: market every Saturday (32km)
- Eysines: market every Sunday (32km)
- Carbon-Blanc: market every Thursday (32km)
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 Fours and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Fours map below.
Heritage Site Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (6km); Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) (7km); Fort Médoc (Vauban fortifications) (9km); Bordeaux basilique Saint-Seurin (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km); Bordeaux Port (37km); Bordeaux cathédrale Saint-André (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km); Bordeaux basilique Saint-Michel (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km); Saint-Emilion (48km); Soulac-su-Mer basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-fin-des-Terres (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (54km)
National Monument Cave Pair-non-Pair (18km); Pey-Berland Tower (38km)
Recommended Detour Jonzac (34km)
Religious Monument Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (48km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château Lanessan (10km); Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (29km); Jardin du Fond de l’or (33km); Jardins du château de Vayres (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saint-Emilion (48km)
Town Of Art And History Bordeaux (38km)
Map of places to visit near Fours & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fours
Canton: Blaye
Arrondissement: Blaye
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33390
Distance to Fours
from Bordeaux (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 468 km
from Calais: 668 km
from Nice: 648 km
from Bordeaux: 38 km
from Strasbourg: 740 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fours): Anglade, Blaye, Campugnan, Cars, Cartelegue, Etauliers, Eyrans, Mazion, Saint-Androny, Saint-Genes-de-Blaye, Saint-Martin-Lacaussade, Saint-Paul and Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac.
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 Fours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fours