Lacanau travel guide
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Visit Lacanau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lacanau is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 47 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Lacanau is 503 km from Paris and 699 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lacanau (page also includes a photo gallery for Lacanau)
Popular places to visit near Lacanau: these include Carcans at 11 km and Cap Ferret at 21 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 31km and Domaine de Certes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 33km. 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 Lacanau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lacanau
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lacanau.
Note that all distances from Lacanau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lacanau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lacanau (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 Lacanau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (31km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (43km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lacanau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lacanau
Canton: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33680
Distance to Lacanau
from Bordeaux: 47 km
from Paris: 503 km
from Calais: 699 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 43 km
from Strasbourg: 782 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
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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 Lacanau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lacanau