Looking for recreational land for sale in Gironde (33) takes you into a department of contrasts, between the Bordeaux vineyards, the vast pine forest of the Médoc and the Landes de Gironde, the Arcachon basin and the Gironde estuary. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Gironde: pine woodland plots, meadows in the Entre-deux-Mers, farmland close to the vineyards, sometimes sold with a cabin or an old wine store. This diversity of landscapes explains why uses and budgets vary so widely from one area to another, from production pine forest to sunlit vineyard hillside and quiet estuary riverbank.
You will find price benchmarks drawn from actual sales, an overview of where woodland and farmland plots are concentrated, and the precautions specific to a department where the coastline brings its own rules. Before deciding, read our guide on how to turn agricultural land into recreational land: it explains what the planning rules really allow on a plot classified as agricultural or natural, and where the coastal rules add an extra layer of restriction on top of the ordinary zoning.
There is no such thing as a "recreational land price" in the French notarial records: the DVF database records sales of agricultural land, woodland and ponds, and a recreational plot is priced against these three benchmarks, higher or lower depending on what it adds (vehicle access, a water point, fencing, an existing shelter, a village nearby). The table below gives, for each benchmark, the sales recorded in 2025 in Gironde (33), the median price and the range between the first decile (floor) and the ninth decile (ceiling), with the national figure for comparison.
| DVF 2025 benchmark | Sales | Median price | Range (P10 – P90) | France median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare agricultural land (€/ha) | 85 | €5,000/ha | €2,244/ha – €8,978/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) | 329 | €4,746/ha | €2,292/ha – €10,945/ha | €4,934/ha |
| Pond (€/m²) * | 46 | €2.22/m² | €0.40/m² – €5.78/m² | €2.54/m² |
Bare agricultural land is below the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +19.1% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades close to the national benchmark (€4,934/ha), and a pond, a much rarer asset, is valued per square metre of water and banks. To compare a listing, bring everything back to the square metre: €5,000/ha of bare land is €0.50/m², against €2.22/m² for a pond. Recreational land, almost always classified as an agricultural or natural zone, generally sells slightly above bare agricultural land; but it usually remains subject to the SAFER land agency's right of pre-emption, and the SAFER may pre-empt with a downward price revision if the price is excessive compared with local land prices. These benchmarks therefore also help you avoid paying a price the SAFER would challenge.
Find the detail by department, plot size and year in our agricultural land price observatory and in the forest price observatory. Source: DVF (Demandes de valeurs foncières), 2025 sales, processed by ma-propriete.fr; medians published from 30 sales upwards. * Fewer than 30 sales in the department: the benchmark shown is the regional figure for "Pond".
Gironde splits between two main landscapes: to the south-west, the huge maritime pine forest of the Landes de Gironde, where wooded plots trade for hunting or timber, and in the centre, the Bordeaux vineyards, surrounded by meadows and non-constructible land in agricultural zones. The Entre-deux-Mers and the Libournais offer more modest hillside and farmland plots, often lined with hedges and well exposed to the south, in rolling countryside not unlike the neighbouring Dordogne.
Ponds are practically absent from the Gironde market: the few bodies of water in the department, in the Landes forest or near the estuary, change hands very rarely, and no notable sale has been recorded there in recent years. A buyer looking for a plot with a pond will usually have to look beyond the department, towards Landes or Dordogne, where they are more common and generally cheaper for a comparable area.
The Médoc, in the north, combines well-known vineyards, marshland and pine forest, with farmland close to the communes bordering the estuary. The Libournais and the Entre-deux-Mers, to the east, offer more affordable hillsides and broadleaf woods, away from Bordeaux's land pressure. To the south, the Landes de Gironde, around Saint-Symphorien and Belin-Béliet, hold the large pine forest and wooded plots used for hunting. Around the Arcachon basin and Bordeaux, scarce land severely limits supply for recreational use, and any plot that does come up tends to find a buyer very quickly.
The most affordable areas remain the Landes forest in the south of the department and some Entre-deux-Mers communes away from the Bordeaux metropolitan area. Plots near the Arcachon basin, the estuary and metropolitan Bordeaux, by contrast, sell well above the departmental average, driven by strong residential demand.
As everywhere, check the plot's zoning in the local planning document: in an agricultural (A) or natural (N) zone, a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling cannot be put up freely, and an existing shelter must have been properly authorised, whatever its age or apparent condition. On communes bordering the coast, the estuary or the Arcachon basin, the Loi Littoral adds further limits on building and development on top of the PLU, worth checking with the town hall before any project, however modest.
Also check access to the plot (rural track, right of way, landlocked parcel), the frequent absence of water and electricity outside villages, and flood zones along the Garonne, the Dordogne and the estuary, particularly extensive in a department crossed by two major rivers. On land classified as agricultural, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption, with a risk that the price will be revised if it strays too far from the local land market, a point worth anticipating from the start of negotiations.
The listings of recreational land in Gironde published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Filter by area, price or land type (woodland, meadow, vineyard), then set up an e-mail alert to follow new plots as soon as they go live, a useful habit given how quickly some properties sell. Widen your search to recreational land for sale in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
