Gujan-Mestras travel guide
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Visit Gujan-Mestras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gujan-Mestras is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 43 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Gujan-Mestras is 536 km from Paris and 735 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Arcachon at 8 km from Gujan-Mestras
Popular places to visit near Gujan-Mestras: these include Arcachon at 8 km and Cap Ferret at 18 km.
Domaine de Certes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Bassin d'Arcachon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. 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 Gujan-Mestras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gujan-Mestras
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gujan-Mestras.
Note that all distances from Gujan-Mestras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gujan-Mestras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gujan-Mestras (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 Gujan-Mestras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Grenade (47km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Biscarrosse (28km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Gujan-Mestras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gujan-Mestras
Canton: Teste-de-Buch
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33470
Distance to Gujan-Mestras
from Bordeaux: 43 km
from Paris: 536 km
from Calais: 735 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 45 km
from Strasbourg: 803 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gujan-Mestras): Audenge, La Teste-de-Buch and Le Teich.
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 Gujan-Mestras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gujan-Mestras