Leognan travel guide

Leognan photo, taken in Bordeaux Waterfront France

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Visit Leognan: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Leognan is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 6 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Leognan is 510 km from Paris and 715 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Bordeaux Waterfront at 12 km from Leognan

Popular places to visit near Leognan: these include Bordeaux Waterfront at 12 km and Bordeaux at 12 km.

Bordeaux is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national 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 Leognan, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Leognan

photo of Margaux
Margaux 35km
photo of Blaye
Blaye 44km
photo of Lacanau
Lacanau 47km

See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Leognan.

Note that all distances from Leognan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Leognan holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Leognan (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 Leognan and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Grenade (12km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (14km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (29km) : Jardins du château de Malle (30km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (32km) : Parc du château Lanessan (44km) :
  2. National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (12km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (23km) : Cadillac Chateau (24km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (35km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (23km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (39km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (12km) : Saint-Emilion (39km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (12km) :

Map of places to visit near Leognan & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Léognan

Canton: Brède

Arrondissement: Bordeaux

Department: Gironde

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 33850

Distance to Leognan

from Bordeaux: 6 km

from Paris: 510 km

from Calais: 715 km

from Nice: 637 km

from Bordeaux: 12 km

from Strasbourg: 767 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Leognan): Bordeaux, Cadaujac, Canejan, Gradignan, La Brede, Martillac and Villenave-d'Ornon.

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 Leognan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Leognan