Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.
Bordeaux is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" (masculine) or "Bordelaises" (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Place Gambetta
- 02Cathédrale St-André
Grand church built from 1170 in Gothic style.
- 03Musée des Beaux-Arts
20 Cours d'Albret (west side of Hotel de Ville, but you need to enter from C d'Albret.
- 04Place de la Bourse
You can also admire their reflections in the Water Mirror on the other side of the boulevard: it's a thin skin of water so in warm weather children scamper through it.
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Things to do
National Opera is on Place de la Comédie, 100 m south of Place des Quinconces. As well as opera it hosts ballet and musicals. Jeux Barjo, 12 Rue Saint-James (100 m north of Grosse Cloche),. Tue-Sat 14:00-00:00, Sun 14:00-22:00. Bar specialising in board games ancient and modern: you pay for either one long or three short games. Staff assist if you want to try a game you're not familiar with.
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Where to eat
Chat Noir Cha Vert, 47 Rue des Faures (north side of Basilique Saint-Michel),. Pleasant place for light bites and views of the basilica. Beirut Kitchen, 8 Quai de la Grave (east side of Basilique Saint-Michel),. Wed-Fri 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00, Sat Sun 12:00-22:00. Good mezze and other Levantine fare. Chez Ta Mère, 12 Rue Camille Sauvageau (50 m south of Basilique Saint-Michel),. Tue-Sat 18:30-02:00.
- 01Le Café du Port
Great views of Pont de Pierre and the left riverbank.
- 02L'entrecôte
A city institution, no reservations and you'll probably have a long wait in line.
- 03Couleur Cafe
Mostly positive reviews for this bistro by the cathedral.
- 04Chez Faty
MAMACAM, 83 Cr Victor Hugo (Porte de Bourgogne A D ),.
- 05Restaurant Soléna
5 Rue Chauffour (Tram Line A),.
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Getting to Bordeaux
- Airports
- Bordeaux–Mérignac (BOD), 11 km · Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS), 205 km · Bilbao (BIO), 253 km
- Toulouse/Blagnac → Bordeaux207 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · €24–34
- Nantes → Bordeaux275 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · €35–49
- Clermont-Ferrand → Bordeaux305 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · €37–50
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bordeaux
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bordeaux. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThey also run direct but not daily from Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon and Algeciras (for Morocco ferries).
- Get aroundThe river-bus BAT³ or Batcub runs from Stalingrad/Quai de Queyries on the east bank, northward along the west bank to Quinconces, Les Hangars and Cite du Vins, finally to Lormont (east bank, beneath Pont Aquitaine.) Ferries run every 45 min, 7 days a week, with the complete run taking 40 min.
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