Bordeaux travel guide
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Visit Bordeaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bordeaux is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Gironde department. (General information: Bordeaux is 504 km from Paris and 709 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Bordeaux (page also includes a photo gallery for Bordeaux)
Popular places to visit near Bordeaux: these include Bordeaux Waterfront at 7 km and Bordeaux at 7 km. Bordeaux is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Pey-Berland Tower is a listed 'national monument' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bordeaux: Bordeaux has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Bordeaux, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Bordeaux and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Bordeaux
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Grenade (13km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (14km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (24km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (26km) : Jardins du château de Malle (31km) : Parc du château Lanessan (40km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (7km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (19km) : Cadillac Chateau (24km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (19km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (7km) : Saint-Emilion (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (7km) :
Map of places to visit near Bordeaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bordeaux
Canton: Bordeaux
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33000
Distance to Bordeaux
from Bordeaux: 0 km
from Paris: 504 km
from Calais: 709 km
from Nice: 635 km
from Bordeaux: 7 km
from Strasbourg: 761 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Bordeaux (within 6 km): Begles : Bouliac : Cadaujac : Camblanes-et-Meynac : Gradignan : Latresne : Leognan : Pessac : Quinsac : Talence : Villenave-d'Ornon :
Bordeaux holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Bordeaux