Le Porge travel guide
Visit Le Porge: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Cap Ferret at 10 km from Le Porge
Location: Le Porge is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 40 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Le Porge is 514 km from Paris and 710 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Le Porge: these include Cap Ferret at 10 km and Lacanau at 12 km. Domaine de Certes is a listed site of natural beauty at 22 km and Bassin d'Arcachon is a listed site of natural beauty at 22 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 Le Porge, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Porge
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Porge.
Note that all distances from Le Porge shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Porge 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 Le Porge
- Lege-Cap-Ferret: market every every day except Thursday - seasonal market only - (10km)
- Lacanau: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Ares: market every Tuesday (13km)
- Andernos-les-Bains: market every Tuesday & Friday & (15km)
- Audenge: market every Tuesday (22km)
- Carcans: market every Wednesday - seasonal market only - (23km)
- Arcachon: market every every day (25km)
- Gujan-Mestras: market every Wednesday (26km)
- Castelnau-de-Medoc: market every Sunday (29km)
- Hourtin: market every Saturday & Tuesday - seasonal market only - (35km)
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 Le Porge and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Le Porge map below.
Grand Site Of France Dune du Pilat (33km)
Heritage Site Bordeaux basilique Saint-Seurin (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km); Fort Médoc (Vauban fortifications) (40km); Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) (42km); Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château Lanessan (39km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Domaine de Certes (22km); Bassin d'Arcachon (22km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Bordeaux Pessac (32km)
Map of places to visit near Le Porge & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Porge
Canton: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33680
Distance to Le Porge
from Bordeaux (local prefecture): 40 km
from Paris: 514 km
from Calais: 710 km
from Nice: 678 km
from Bordeaux: 41 km
from Strasbourg: 789 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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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 Le Porge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Porge