Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Bordeaux, France

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 11.8 km
Ascend 130 m
Descend 124 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: Ancien Magasin des Vivres de la Marine

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The Bordeaux Navy Food Store is a group of neoclassical buildings originally built for the Royal Navy at the end of the 18th century. Located in Bordeaux, in the Bassins à flot district, it is being rehabilitated and converted into a cultural venue, Les vivres de l'Art, and a law firm.

Wikipedia: Magasin des vivres de la Marine (FR)

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Cité du Vin

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Cité du Vin Oli Lynch / PD

The Cité du Vin is a museum as well as a place of exhibitions, shows, movie projections and academic seminars on the theme of wine located in Bordeaux, France.

Wikipedia: Cité du Vin (EN)

579 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Cap Sciences

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Cap Sciences inconnu / marque déposée

Cap Sciences is a Centre for Scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture (CCSTI) located in Bordeaux, on the banks of the Garonne, at the foot of the Jacques-Chaban-Delmas Bridge. It is an exhibition centre open to the public to discover and understand scientific phenomena, technological principles, industrial applications and know-how.

Wikipedia: Cap Sciences (FR), Website

1697 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 4: Maison Hollandaise

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The two semi-detached houses known as Dutch houses, located at 28 and 29 quai des Chartrons in Bordeaux, were built around 1680 by the bourgeois and merchant Hilaire Renu, who was not of Dutch origin.

Wikipedia: Maison hollandaise (FR)

313 meters / 4 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

568 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel des archives départementales de la Gironde

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The Hôtel des Archives départementales de la Gironde is a building belonging to the Conseil départemental de la Gironde, located in Bordeaux, France. It has been listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments since 1998.

Wikipedia: Hôtel des archives départementales de la Gironde (FR)

458 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Jardin Public

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The Jardin public de Bordeaux is an urban park located in the centre of Bordeaux.

Wikipedia: Jardin public de Bordeaux (FR)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel Lisleferme

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279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Monument aux Girondins

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The monument to the Girondins, located in Bordeaux on the Place des Quinconces, was erected between 1894 and 1901 in memory of the Girondin deputies who were victims of the Terror. The people of Bordeaux commonly refer to it as the "Girondins' Column" or "Girondin Monument".

Wikipedia: Monument aux Girondins (FR)

615 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: 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 14: 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 15: 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)

1939 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 16: 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 17: 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)

1309 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 18: Maison Frugès

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The Frugès Hotel, formerly Maison Daverne, is a mansion acquired by Henry Baronnet-Frugès in 1912, located in the Saint-Seurin district of Bordeaux. Quickly, the new owner undertakes rehabilitation of the house to make it a house "out of the tradition of Bordeaux good taste".

Wikipedia: Maison Frugès (FR)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: 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)

1628 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 20: Château Labottière

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The Château Labottière, also known as the Hôtel Labottière, or Maison Tivoli, is an eighteenth-century mansion located in Bordeaux, at 29 rue Labottière. It was built in 1773 for the brothers Jacques and Antoine Labottière, by the architects Laclotte. It is now home to the Bernard Magrez Cultural Institute.

Wikipedia: Château Labottière (FR)

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