What are nice day trips from Bordeaux?
Short answer
Jonzac, Talmont-sur-Gironde, Bergerac and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne are some potential day trips within 100 km of Bordeaux. Carennac, Ispoure, Auch and Sarlat-la-Canéda are within 200 km of Bordeaux by train. We list 23 places below, including 14 old-world towns (Bazas and Issigeac), 9 lake or river towns (Marmande and Niort), 9 food and café towns (Arcachon and Saint-Palais-sur-Mer) and 7 wine towns (Saintes). More below.
Within 100 km 9 places
By train, within 200 km 14 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Bordeaux, so you can check the route and journey time.
Niort
Walkable town in western France's Deux-Sèvres department, Niort sits on the Sèvre Niortaise river and serves as the eastern gateway to the Marais Poitevin re…
Montauban
Founded in 1144 by the Count of Toulouse, Montauban is a reddish-brick town on the Tarn river in southern France, known as the birthplace of the 19th-century…
Auch
This walkable Gascon town in southwestern France's Gers department, Auch sits on the River Gers and is known for its gastronomic scene, its cathedral, and a…
Vitrac
A small Dordogne village on the water in southwestern France, with a photogenic setting and a handful of cafés and restaurants that punch above its size.
Saintes
Sitting on the Charente river in western France, Saintes carries one of the region's most substantial Gallo-Roman, medieval, and classical heritage records —…
Tarbes
A walkable town at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwestern France, Tarbes has a dense food-and-drink scene in its centre, a concentration of historic church…
Périgueux
Périgueux, the historic capital of the Périgord region in southwestern France's Dordogne, sits on the Isle river and holds a layered heritage running from Ro…
Bidart
A small Basque Atlantic-coast town in southwestern France, Bidart stretches along several kilometres of shoreline where heavily folded cliffs drop down to be…
Carennac
Small Dordogne-side hamlet in the Lot department of southwestern France, Carennac holds a medieval priory — an 11th-century church and cloister — alongside a…
Sarlat-la-Canéda
Sarlat-la-Canéda's medieval and early Renaissance centre — a dense network of narrow lanes, shaded squares, and stone mansions with lauze-tile roofs — was th…
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
A little beach resort on the Bay of Biscay in France's Basque Country, Saint-Jean-de-Luz sits at the mouth of the River Nivelle near the Spanish border, with…
Ispoure
A small Basque village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Ispoure sits in mountain terrain in the former province of Lower Navarre, with scenic viewpoints in the s…
Urrugne
This tiny Basque Country town on France's Atlantic coast, Urrugne pairs a handsome half-timbered town hall with flower-box balconies, a compact café scene, a…
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
This modest town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques with a notably dense café and restaurant scene, several historic churches, and a position right on the water wit…