Virelade travel guide
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Visit Virelade: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Virelade is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 19 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Virelade is 511 km from Paris and 719 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 24 km from Virelade
Popular places to visit near Virelade: these include Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 24 km and Bordeaux at 25 km.
Jardins du château de Mongenan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Cadillac Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 6km. 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 Virelade, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Virelade
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Virelade.
Note that all distances from Virelade shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Virelade holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Virelade (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 Virelade and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Mongenan (5km) : Parc du château de Grenade (8km) : Jardins du château de Malle (13km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (27km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (33km) : Jardins du Sardy (45km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (46km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (46km) :
- National Monuments: Cadillac Chateau (6km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (13km) : Pey-Berland Tower (25km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (42km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (13km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (25km) : Saint-Emilion (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Virelade & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Virelade
Canton: Podensac
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33720
Distance to Virelade
from Bordeaux: 19 km
from Paris: 511 km
from Calais: 719 km
from Nice: 619 km
from Bordeaux: 25 km
from Strasbourg: 758 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Virelade): Arbanats, Beautiran, Beguey, Cadillac, Capian, Cardan, Castres-Gironde, Cerons, Langoiran, Le Tourne, Lestiac-sur-Garonne, Paillet, Podensac, Portets, Rions, Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret and Villenave-de-Rions.
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 Virelade from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Virelade