Talais travel guide
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Visit Talais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Talais is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 86 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Talais is 456 km from Paris and 646 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc at 5 km from Talais
Popular places to visit near Talais: these include Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc at 5 km and Soulac-sur-Mer at 7 km.
Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Royan is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Talais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Talais
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Talais.
Note that all distances from Talais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Talais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Talais (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 Talais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (28km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) : Parc du château Lanessan (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (13km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (45km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (17km) : Saintes (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Talais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Talais
Canton: Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Lesparre-Médoc
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33590
Distance to Talais
from Bordeaux: 86 km
from Paris: 456 km
from Calais: 646 km
from Nice: 688 km
from Bordeaux: 80 km
from Strasbourg: 751 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 Talais): Grayan-et-l'Hopital, Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc and Soulac-sur-Mer.
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 Talais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Talais