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Things to do in Bordeaux
28 places17 stories2 routes
Sightlore has 28 places to explore in Bordeaux, and 17 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Bordeaux's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Miroir d'eau
The Miroir d'eau in Bordeaux, France is a reflecting pool covering 3,450 square metres (37,100 sq ft).
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Aquitaine Museum
The Museum of Aquitaine is a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine.
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Pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas is a vertical-lift bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux, France. It was inaugurated on 16 March 2013 by President François Hollande and Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux. Its main span is 110 m (361 ft) long.
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Monument aux Girondins
Memorial column on Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux, erected between 1894 and 1901 in memory of the Girondin deputies who were victims of the Terror.
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Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La fille mal gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets.
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Église Notre-Dame de Bordeaux
Baroque church built at the end of the 17th century in Bordeaux, near the Grand Théâtre.
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Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southwestern France.
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Pont de pierre
The Pont de pierre, or "Stone Bridge" in English, is a bridge in Bordeaux, (in the Gironde department of France), which connects the left bank of the river Garonne (cours Victor Hugo) to the right bank quartier de la Bastide (Avenue Thiers).
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine-art museum of the city of Bordeaux, France. The museum is housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux.
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Place de la Bourse
The Place de la Bourse is a square in Bordeaux, France, and one of the city's most recognisable sights.
Discovery routes in Bordeaux
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Bordeaux: from the Quinconces to Place de la Bourse and the cathedral
From Place des Quinconces and the Monument aux Girondins to the Grand Théâtre, Notre-Dame church, Place de la Bourse and the Miroir d'eau; then the Porte Cailhau, the Pont de pierre, the Basilica of Saint-Michel, the Grosse Cloche, the Musée d'Aquitaine, Saint-André Cathedral and the Musée des Beaux-Arts.
From Bordeaux to Saint-Émilion
In Bordeaux, the Cité du Vin and the Pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas; then the village of Saint-Émilion and its Monolithic Church.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Place des Quinconces
The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe (approximately 63 ac or 25.6 ha).
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La fille mal gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets.
Place de la Bourse
The Place de la Bourse is a square in Bordeaux, France, and one of the city's most recognisable sights.
Porte Cailhau
Porte Cailhau is a city gate and triumphal arch located in Bordeaux, France. The five pointed tower is a major fixture of the city's skyline.
Pont de pierre
The Pont de pierre, or "Stone Bridge" in English, is a bridge in Bordeaux, (in the Gironde department of France), which connects the left bank of the river Garonne (cours Victor Hugo) to the right bank quartier de la Bastide (Avenue Thiers).
The big bell of Bordeaux
Building in Bordeaux that served as a gate of the medieval ramparts and as the belfry of the old town hall; also called the Porte Saint-Éloi.
Pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas is a vertical-lift bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux, France. It was inaugurated on 16 March 2013 by President François Hollande and Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux. Its main span is 110 m (361 ft) long.
Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southwestern France.
Pont d'Aquitaine
The Pont d'Aquitaine is a large suspension bridge over the Garonne, north-west of the city of Bordeaux, in France. It forms part of the ring-road of Bordeaux and carries the A630 autoroute.
Amphitheatre of Bordeaux
Remains of an ancient amphitheatre built in the early 2nd century in the Gallo-Roman city of Burdigala, today Bordeaux.
Passerelle Eiffel
Former iron railway bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux, built in 1858–1860; since 2008 trains use the neighbouring new bridge.
Fort du Hâ
Château du Hâ is a château in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built on orders by Charles VII to secure his claim over Bordeaux and the Gascon region at the end of the Hundred Years War.
Piliers de Tutelle
The Piliers de Tutelle (meaning Pillars of Guardianship in French) was an important Gallo-Roman monument erected in the third century on the approximate location of the southwest corner of the Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, a city in southwestern France.
Simone Veil bridge
The Simone Veil Bridge is a passageway across the Garonne river in Bordeaux, France. It was designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas.
Museums
Aquitaine Museum
The Museum of Aquitaine is a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine-art museum of the city of Bordeaux, France. The museum is housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux.
Cité du Vin
The Cité du Vin is a museum located in Bordeaux, France that also hosts exhibitions, shows, movie projections, and academic seminars, generally centered around wine-related themes.
Museum of Decorative Arts of Bordeaux
The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is a French museum located into a former 18th-century Bordeaux aristocratic mansion, which presents today a collection of Decorative arts and furniture.
CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, formerly the Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains (CAPC), is a museum of modern art established in 1973 in Bordeaux, France.
Places of worship
Église Notre-Dame de Bordeaux
Baroque church built at the end of the 17th century in Bordeaux, near the Grand Théâtre.
Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux
The Basilica of St Michael (Basilique Saint-Michel, in French), is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France.
Bordeaux Cathedral
Bordeaux Cathedral, officially known as the Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux, is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bordeaux.
Église monolithe, Saint-Émilion
11th-century church in Saint-Émilion carved entirely into the rock; the largest underground church in Europe.
Basilica of Saint Severinus of Bordeaux
The Basilica of Saint Severinus is a church built in Bordeaux at the dawn of the 11th century.
Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church located in Bordeaux, southern France. It was formerly the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, and was built in the late 11th-early 12th centuries.
Monuments
Monument aux Girondins
Memorial column on Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux, erected between 1894 and 1901 in memory of the Girondin deputies who were victims of the Terror.
Miroir d'eau
The Miroir d'eau in Bordeaux, France is a reflecting pool covering 3,450 square metres (37,100 sq ft).
Nature
Jardin botanique de Bordeaux
The Jardin botanique de Bordeaux (0.5 hectares) is the historical municipal botanical garden, located inside the Jardin public" (Public garden), at Place Bardineau, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. It is open daily without charge.
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