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Where to stay in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

This guide covers 9 destinations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a first-level administrative division of France, with 128 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Bordeaux, Limoges and Poitiers. Across its destinations, June to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD).

Destinations in this guide
9
Places to stay
128
Comfortable in the most places
June to August
Main airport
BODBordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Currency
EUReuro
Time zone
Europe/Paris

Destinations

Destinations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Every destination in this guide in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Bayonne54,30652June to AugustBIQ · 5 km
La Rochelle79,85126May to SeptemberLRH · 4 km
Bordeaux267,99112May to SeptemberBOD · 11 km
Pau80,44111June to SeptemberPUF · 10 km
Niort59,8549May to SeptemberLRH · 59 km
Poitiers89,9166May to SeptemberPIS · 2 km
Mérignac78,0906May to SeptemberBOD · 6 km
Pessac67,3395May to SeptemberBOD · 7 km
Limoges129,9371July and AugustLIG · 7 km

Where to stay

Places to stay in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1 place to stay in Nouvelle-Aquitaine from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.

Place to stayWhereTypeRooms
MEININGER Hotel Bordeaux Gare Saint-Jean
12 rue du Commerce, 33800 Bordeaux
hotel
Bordeauxhotel173

Where to stay

More hotels in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

127 hotels in Nouvelle-Aquitaine recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Hôtel du Palais BiarritzBayonnepalace hotel1855
Hôtel PlazaBayonnehotel1928
Regina Biarritz Hotel & Spa MGalleryBayonnehotel1907experimentalgroup.com
Ancien hôtel de FrancePauhotel
Euzkadi hotelaBayonnehotel
Grand HotelBayonnehotel
HaizabiaBayonnehotel
Hotel de GramontPauhotel
hôtel EstebanitoBayonnehotel
Hotel Parc Beaumont MGallery CollectionPauhotel
Hôtel Villa-NavarrePauhotel
Alysson HôtelPauhotel
Ama HôtelBayonnehotel
B&B AmphitryonPauhotel
B&B le Carré 1705La Rochellehotel
Best Western Hotel de la BrecheNiorthotel
Best Western Plus Bordeaux Gare Saint-JeanBordeauxhotel
Best Western Plus Hotel Litteraire Jules VerneBayonnehotel
Best Western Poitiers Centre Le Grand HotelPoitiershotel
Best Western Premier MasqhotelLa Rochellehotel
Camping Au Petit Port de L'Houmeau - La RochelleLa Rochellehotel
Chambres d'Hôtes Eden OuestLa Rochellehotel
Chateau du Clos de la RibaudierePoitiershotel
Château Pape ClémentPessachotel
Cour des DamesLa Rochellehotel
Domaine de BassilourBayonnehotel
Domaine de RabaPessachotel
Domaine du GriffierNiorthotel
FirstName Bordeaux - JDV by HyattBordeauxhotel
Golden Tulip Bordeaux - EuratlantiqueBordeauxhotel

When to go

Best time to visit Nouvelle-Aquitaine

From the climate of 9 destinations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June to August.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 910 °C93 mm
February0 of 911 °C74 mm
March0 of 914 °C71 mm
April0 of 917 °C74 mm
May6 of 920 °C74 mm
June8 of 924 °C66 mm
July9 of 926 °C48 mm
August9 of 926 °C56 mm
September7 of 924 °C79 mm
October0 of 919 °C92 mm
November0 of 913 °C110 mm
December0 of 910 °C103 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Bordeaux

BOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations5.8 km from the closest
medium airport · La Rochelle

LRH · La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 2 destinations4.0 km from the closest
medium airport · Poitiers/Biard

PIS · Poitiers-Biard Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 4 destinations2.3 km from the closest
medium airport · Biarritz

BIQ · Biarritz Pays Basque airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations4.6 km from the closest
medium airport · Limoges/Bellegarde

LIG · Limoges Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations7.1 km from the closest
medium airport · Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein)

PUF · Pau Pyrénées Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 1 destination9.6 km from the closest
medium airport · Bergerac

EGC · Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport

Named by 3 destinations87 km from the closest
large airport · Nantes

NTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport

Named by 2 destinations116 km from the closest
medium airport · Hondarribia, Spain

EAS · San Sebastián Airport

Named by 1 destination30 km from the closest
medium airport · Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées

LDE · Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport

Named by 1 destination32 km from the closest
medium airport · Pamplona, Spain

PNA · Pamplona Airport

Named by 1 destination82 km from the closest
medium airport · Brive

BVE · Brive Souillac airport

Named by 1 destination90 km from the closest
medium airport · Tours, Indre-et-Loire

TUF · Tours Val de Loire Airport

Named by 1 destination99 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).

Nationwide in France

1 Jan · New Year's Day6 Apr · Easter Monday1 May · Labour Day8 May · Victory Day14 May · Ascension Day25 May · Pentecost Monday14 Jul · National Day15 Aug · Assumption Day1 Nov · All Saints Day11 Nov · Armistice Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Other regions of France with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

France travel guide · All regions of France

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.