Things to do in Bordeaux
Around Bordeaux, Notrebellefrance lists 20 tourist sites within 25 km, including 12 castles, 4 museums and 2 zoos and wildlife parks. Not to be missed: CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, La Cité du Vin and Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux.
CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
Bordeaux offers one of the richest contemporary collections in France, in a unique place, the Entrepôt Lainé, a former colonial warehouse inseparable from the history of the city and its port.
La Cité du Vin
Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
Jardin botanique de Bordeaux
A botanical garden is an institution with a scientific and educational purpose, intended to let all audiences discover the world of plants, biodiversity, nature and the sustainable management of natural resources.
Musée d'Aquitaine
The Musée d'Aquitaine presents the history of Bordeaux and its region, from prehistory to the present day, through its collections of archaeology, history and regional and non-European ethnography.
Bordeaux, Port de la Lune
The historic centre of this port city in south-west France represents an exceptional urban and architectural ensemble, created in the Age of Enlightenment, whose values lasted until the first half of the twentieth century.
Maison carrée d'Arlac
Château de Blanquefort
A former feudal capital, Blanquefort was, around 1270, then again in 1455–1466, a key point for the defence of Bordeaux.
Château Lescombes
Château Dillon
The Château Dillon estate extends over 185 hectares.
Château de Malherbes
Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac
A whole African savanna world recreated just for the visitors of the Pessac Zoo. Giraffes, zebras, antelopes, ostriches, pelicans and African birds live there in harmony.
Château de Malleret
Ferme Exotique
More than a thousand domestic and exotic animals await at the Ferme exotique of Cadaujac, only 15 minutes from Bordeaux: donkeys, pigs, raccoons, kangaroos, porcupines…
Château du Bouilh
Built in the eighteenth century by the architect Victor Louis, the castle was a commission from the Marquis de la Tour du Pin to welcome Louis XVI.
Château de La Brède
The château de La Brède, 20 km south of Bordeaux, is an exceptional building historically, architecturally and naturally.
Château Margaux
Known from the twelfth century, it was then called "la Mothe de Margaux" and did not yet own vines.
Château de Vayres
15 minutes from Bordeaux, the château de Vayres (13th–16th–17th centuries) is one of the most beautiful monuments of Aquitaine.
Château de Mongenan
Château de Langoiran
Built by the Escoussan family, the château de Langoiran was one of the most prestigious elements of Aquitaine.