La Teste-de-Buch travel guide
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Visit La Teste-de-Buch: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Teste-de-Buch is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 48 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: La Teste-de-Buch is 539 km from Paris and 737 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Teste-de-Buch: these include Arcachon at 4 km and Cap Ferret at 18 km.
Bassin d'Arcachon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Dune du Pilat is a listed 'grand site of france' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Teste-de-Buch: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Teste-de-Buch, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Teste-de-Buch
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Teste-de-Buch.
Note that all distances from La Teste-de-Buch shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Teste-de-Buch holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Teste-de-Buch (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 La Teste-de-Buch and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Biscarrosse (27km) : Mimizan (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (8km) :
Map of places to visit near La Teste-de-Buch & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Teste-de-Buch
Canton: Teste-de-Buch
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33260
Distance to La Teste-de-Buch
from Bordeaux: 48 km
from Paris: 539 km
from Calais: 737 km
from Nice: 678 km
from Bordeaux: 50 km
from Strasbourg: 808 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Teste-de-Buch): Arcachon and Gujan-Mestras.
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 La Teste-de-Buch from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Teste-de-Buch