Frontenac travel guide
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Visit Frontenac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Frontenac is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 32 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Frontenac is 496 km from Paris and 707 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 8 km from Frontenac
Popular places to visit near Frontenac: these include Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 8 km and Saint-Emilion at 18 km.
Sauve-Majeure Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 12km and Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) is a listed 'religious 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 Frontenac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Frontenac
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Frontenac.
Note that all distances from Frontenac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Frontenac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Frontenac (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 Frontenac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vayres (21km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (22km) : Jardins du château de Malle (22km) : Jardins du Sardy (25km) : Parc du château de Grenade (26km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (28km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (36km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (36km) : Parc et potager de Pouthet (45km) :
- National Monuments: Sauve-Majeure Abbey (12km) : Cadillac Chateau (17km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (22km) : Pey-Berland Tower (34km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (12km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (28km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (18km) : Bordeaux Port (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Frontenac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Frontenac
Canton: Targon
Arrondissement: Langon
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33760
Distance to Frontenac
from Bordeaux: 32 km
from Paris: 496 km
from Calais: 707 km
from Nice: 603 km
from Bordeaux: 34 km
from Strasbourg: 739 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Frontenac): Baigneaux, Bellebat, Bellefond, Cantois, Cessac, Coirac, Courpiac, Daubeze, Faleyras, Jugazan, Lugasson, Martres, Merignas, Montignac, Naujan-et-Postiac, Rauzan, Romagne, Saint-Brice, Saint-Genis-du-Bois and Sauveterre-de-Guyenne.
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 Frontenac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Frontenac