Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bordeaux, France

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 93 m
Descend 94 m

Explore Bordeaux in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BordeauxIndividual Sights in Bordeaux

Sight 1: Hôtel Lisleferme

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279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Hôtel de Bryas

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The Hôtel de Bryas is a private mansion located at 15, place Charles-Gruet, in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Bryas (FR)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Fontaine Fondaudège

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The fountain on Place Charles-Gruet, also known as the Fondaudège fountain in Bordeaux, is a work of the architect Louis Garros and the sculptor Louis de Coëffard de Mazerolles, built in 1865.

Wikipedia: Fontaine de la place Charles-Gruet (FR)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel de la Marine

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The city of Bordeaux has many mansions, large and luxurious townhouses, usually built on several floors, and designed to be occupied by a single family. Witnesses to the wealth of the city and its port, especially in the eighteenth century, many of them are now historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Hôtels particuliers de Bordeaux (FR)

713 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

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The Entrepôt Lainé, formerly a real warehouse for colonial goods, is a former warehouse located in Bordeaux. Built in 1824 by the architect Claude Deschamps, it was originally intended for the bonded storage of goods from colonial plantations, before they were shipped across Europe. Until the final abolition of slavery in 1848, these commodities were largely the result of slave labour. The building now houses the CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux and Arc en rêve / architecture centre.

Wikipedia: Entrepôt Lainé (FR), Website

860 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Chambre de commerce et d'industrie (CCI)

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Hôtel de la Bourse designates two historical monuments: Hôtel de la Bourse in Bordeaux; Hôtel de la Bourse in La Rochelle; Hôtel de la Bourse in Toulouse.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de la Bourse (FR)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel Boyer-Fonfrède

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The Hôtel Boyer-Fonfrède, or Hôtel Fonfrède, is an eighteenth-century mansion located at 1, cours du Chapeau-Rouge, in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Boyer-Fonfrède (FR)

18 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel Journu

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Several mansions have belonged to members of the Journu family in Bordeaux: Hôtel Journu, Hotel Journu, Hotel Journu, Hotel Journu, better known as Hotel Dublan, Hôtel de l'Intendance.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Journu (FR)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Grand Théâtre

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The Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux, commissioned by Marshal de Richelieu, Governor of Guyenne, and built by architect Victor Louis, was inaugurated on 7 April 1780 with the representation of the Athalie by Jean Racine.

Wikipedia: Grand Théâtre (Bordeaux) (FR)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Fontaine Daurade

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74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Galerie Bordelaise

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The Galerie Bordelaise is a shopping mall located in Bordeaux. It is, along with the Sarget passage, one of the two covered passages in the city. Very fashionable during the first half of the nineteenth century, this provincial gallery rivals in elegance the Parisian passages.

Wikipedia: Galerie Bordelaise (FR)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Hôtel de Ragueneau

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Hôtel de Ragueneau B. Rakotomanga / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Hôtel de Ragueneau is an 17th century mansion, located in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Ragueneau (FR)

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Cathédrale Saint-André

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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.

Wikipedia: Bordeaux Cathedral (EN)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Centre Jean-Moulin

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Centre Jean-Moulin

The Jean-Moulin National Centre is a Bordeaux museum and documentation centre dedicated to the history of the Second World War and in particular to that of the French Resistance, deportation and the Free French Forces. It was created in 1967 on the initiative of Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Since April 2006, it has been attached to the Musée d'Aquitaine and publishes reference works on the period of the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Centre national Jean-Moulin de Bordeaux (FR)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel de Ruat

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The Hôtel de Ruat is a building, protected from historic monuments, located in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Ruat (FR)

497 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel de Poissac

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The Hôtel de Poissac is an eighteenth-century mansion located in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Poissac (FR)

868 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: Basilique Saint-Seurin

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The Basilica of Saint Severinus is a church built in Bordeaux at the dawn of the 11th century.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Saint Severinus, Bordeaux (EN)

1291 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 18: Ancien Hôtel Marbotin

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The Hotel Marbotin is an eighteenth-century mansion located in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Marbotin (FR)

821 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 19: Cimetière de la Chartreuse

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The Chartreuse Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in the city of Bordeaux.

Wikipedia: Cimetière de la Chartreuse (FR)

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