Port of the Moon: the UNESCO core
6 stops · 2 h · on foot · 7 stops
- Grand Théâtre
- Place de la Bourse
- Miroir d'Eau
- Porte Cailhau
- Place Saint-Pierre
- Cathédrale Saint-André
- Tour Pey-Berland
144 places · MICHELIN 2026, Le Fooding, Gault&Millau · no Eater coverage · 5 routes
Tap a route and it gets drawn on the map, stop by stop.
Tap a pin to see photos, rating and how to get there by tram, bus or the BatCub river shuttle. Turn on a route to follow the numbered path.
This interactive map of Bordeaux (France) brings together 144 hand-picked places: 42 attractions, 50 restaurants, 28 cafés and 24 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
6 stops · 2 h · on foot · 7 stops
6 stops · 3 h · tram B and on foot · 6 stops
6 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot · 7 stops
6 stops · 3 h · on foot and BatCub · 6 stops
7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot · 7 stops
Saint-Pierre · UNESCO facade
Bordeaux's postcard: an 18th-century crescent of golden stone facing the Garonne, heart of the UNESCO Port of the Moon.
Tip: Come back at dusk: the stone glows gold and the water doubles the whole facade.
🚇 Tram C · Place de la Bourse, right at the square
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapQuai Richelieu · The water mirror
The world's largest reflecting pool: a paper-thin sheet mirroring Place de la Bourse, bursting into mist every half hour.
Tip: The cycle runs mirror, mist, empty: wait for the mirror phase just before the fog rises.
🚇 Tram C · Place de la Bourse, just across the quay
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapPlace de la Comédie · National Opera
Twelve Corinthian columns and a staircase that inspired the Paris Opera: Victor Louis's 1780 neoclassical temple.
Tip: Guided tours open the grand salon and staircase; otherwise peek at the lobby from the cafe opposite.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces
Featured in: UNESCO · Opéra National de Bordeaux
Show on mapPey-Berland · UNESCO heritage
Vast and Gothic with a 13th-century Portail Royal: this is where Eleanor of Aquitaine married the future king of France.
Tip: Free entry: look for the organ and the choir's stained glass, far older than the nave.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, right opposite
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapPey-Berland · 360° viewpoint
231 spiral steps and it all opens up: slate rooftops, the Garonne, the bridges and the whole city to the horizon.
Tip: Climb late afternoon: October's low light turns the rooftops honey-coloured.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, next to the cathedral
Featured in: UNESCO · Centre des monuments nationaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · 15th-c. gate
A medieval triumphal arch with fairy-tale turrets, raised in 1495 to celebrate a victory in Italy.
Tip: You can climb inside: the upper room holds a model of medieval Bordeaux and views to the Pont de Pierre.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne, a walk along the quay
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Éloi · Civic belfry
The city's old belfry and its six-tonne bell, rung just six times a year above rue Saint-James.
Tip: It's on the city's coat of arms: shoot it from rue Saint-James so the arch frames the street.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Michel · 114 m spire
Flamboyant Gothic beside the city's most mixed quarter, crowned by the tallest free-standing spire in southern France.
Tip: On Sundays the square fills with the flea market: come early and have breakfast at the square's bars.
🚇 Tram C · Saint-Michel, right there
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Seurin · Early-Christian crypt
Beneath this Romanesque church sleeps a 4th-century early-Christian necropolis: the city's oldest spot.
Tip: The archaeological crypt opens only some days: check the schedule at the tourist office first.
🚇 Tram D · Croix de Seguey · 6 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapGrands-Hommes · Jesuit baroque
A baroque facade tucked in a lane off the Triangle d'Or, with a white-lit interior and a famous organ.
Tip: Enter from rue Mably and leave through the cloister: you land straight in the Grands-Hommes shops.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 5 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBacalan · Wine museum
Swirling wine turned into architecture: an immersive world-wine museum with a tasting included at the 8th-floor belvedere.
Tip: The belvedere glass comes with your ticket: go up first, take in the Garonne, then do the exhibition.
🚇 Tram B · La Cité du Vin, at the door
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux · Sud Ouest
Show on mapChartrons · Former colonial warehouse
Contemporary art inside the Entrepôt Lainé, an 1824 brick hall that once stored coffee, sugar and spices.
Tip: The empty central nave alone is worth the ticket; the top-floor cafe has one of the best covered terraces.
🚇 Tram B · CAPC, opposite
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapVictoire · Regional history
From prehistory to Atlantic trade, with a room that looks straight at Bordeaux's slave-trading past.
Tip: The permanent collection is free: the city's best shelter on a rainy October afternoon.
🚇 Tram B · Musée d'Aquitaine, at the door
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapMériadeck · City picture gallery
Two symmetrical wings around the Palais Rohan garden, holding Titian, Rubens, Delacroix and locals Redon and Marquet.
Tip: The garden between the two wings is public and free: one of the loveliest naps downtown.
🚇 Tram A · Palais de Justice · 4 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapRue Bouffard · Hôtel de Lalande
An 18th-century mansion where period furniture lives alongside radical contemporary design, room by room.
Tip: The inner courtyard cafe is free and almost always empty: a perfect pause between museums.
🚇 Tram A · Palais de Justice · 5 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBacalan · Digital art centre
The world's largest digital art centre, staged inside the flooded pens of a WWII submarine base.
Tip: Bring a layer: the bunker's concrete keeps the air cold even when it's 20°C outside.
🚇 Tram B · Bassins à Flot · 8 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux · Sud Ouest
Show on mapBacalan · Concrete bunker
A 1941 concrete block that survived every bombing raid and now hosts exhibitions and concerts.
Tip: Walk around the outside first: the sheer scale of the wall only lands from street level.
🚇 Tram B · Bassins à Flot · 8 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Michel · Napoleon's bridge
The city's first bridge, from 1822: seventeen brick arches, one for each letter of Napoléon Bonaparte.
Tip: Walk it to La Bastide at sunset: the view back at the centre from the far bank is Bordeaux's best.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne or Stalingrad
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBacalan–La Bastide · Lift bridge
Europe's largest vertical lift bridge: four towers that hoist the deck so cruise ships can slip through.
Tip: Lift dates are published online: if you catch one, the towers glow green through the manoeuvre.
🚇 Tram B · Bassins à Flot · 10 min walk
Featured in: Bordeaux Tourisme · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapJardin Public · English-style park
Ten hectares of century-old plane trees, a duck pond and a botanical garden: by October it turns entirely copper.
Tip: Enter from rue d'Aviau and follow the stream: the puppet theatre and carousel sit on the north side.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public, at the gate
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapCaudéran · The western lung
Twenty-eight hectares of urban woodland with a lake, ponies and a bandstand: the locals' park, not the tourists'.
Tip: In October the chestnut avenue is pure golden foliage: the city's best autumn walk.
🚇 TBM bus Liane 3 · Parc Bordelais
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapLa Bastide · Reclaimed barracks
A 19th-century barracks taken over by skaters, murals, an urban farm, coworking and the most alternative organic market.
Tip: The covered skatepark is free and the murals change each season: the most photographed wall on the right bank.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 7 min walk, or BatCub · Stalingrad
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux · Sud Ouest
Show on mapQuinconces · Monumental fountain
Bronze horses galloping through the water at the foot of a 43 m column, on Europe's largest square.
Tip: From 9 October to 1 November 2026 the esplanade fills with the Foire aux Plaisirs d'automne funfair.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces, right there
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux · Bordeaux Gazette
Show on mapPey-Berland · Archbishop's palace
A 1771 archbishop's palace turned city hall: gilded salons, a courtyard of honour and a garden between two museums.
Tip: The courtyard is open by day and links the cathedral to the Musée des Beaux-Arts without a detour.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, at the door
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Terrace square
The old town's prettiest square: a small Gothic church ringed by terraces and 18th-century facades.
Tip: Sit on the rue des Argentiers side: afternoon sun hits the facade square on.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 4 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBacalan · Science for all
An interactive science centre in the port's Hangar 20, with hands-on workshops and exhibitions.
Tip: Pair it with La Cité du Vin: same quay, and kids come out happy from both.
🚇 Tram B · Cité du Vin · 5 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapLa Bastide · Contemporary garden
A radically designed botanical garden on the right bank: crop fields, dunes and a greenhouse facing the Garonne.
Tip: Free and nearly always calm: in October the cereal plots turn gold against the water.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 5 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBassins à Flot · Sea & seafaring
Models, wrecks and marine art in a new concrete building facing the docks: Bordeaux's maritime memory.
Tip: During FAB 2026 it hosts the Beauté animale show: check it's still running when you arrive.
🚇 Tram B · Bassins à Flot · 6 min walk
Featured in: Bordeaux Gazette · FAB 2026
Show on mapVictoire · 18th-c. arch
The triumphal arch closing rue Sainte-Catherine to the south, on Bordeaux's most student-heavy, late-night square.
Tip: The marble obelisk beside it honours wine: two bronze tortoises hold it up.
🚇 Tram B · Victoire, at the arch
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Michel · Bridge gate
A 1755 neoclassical arch that welcomed arrivals by river: ceremonial gate of Enlightenment Bordeaux.
Tip: From the arch look toward the Pont de Pierre: it's the classic 19th-century postcard framing.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne, right there
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapGambetta · 18th-c. gate
The gate dividing shopping Bordeaux from the Triangle d'Or, royal arms and carved tympanum over the pedestrian street.
Tip: It's the natural start of rue Porte Dijeaux, the centre's nicest and least crowded shopping street.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 2 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSainte-Croix · 12th-c. Romanesque
A former Benedictine abbey with a Romanesque facade full of carved creatures, in a quarter only now catching on.
Tip: The Dom Bedos organ is among France's most prized: check for a free weekend recital.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix, opposite
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapJardin Public · Roman amphitheatre
What's left of 2nd-century Roman Burdigala's amphitheatre, wedged between residential blocks.
Tip: You can see it all from the railings for free: best shot from rue du Dr Albert Barraud.
🚇 Tram D · Barrière du Médoc · 7 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapGambetta · Garden square
Louis XV facades around an English garden that served as the guillotine square during the Revolution.
Tip: It's the natural crossroads of rue Sainte-Catherine, the Triangle d'Or and Mériadeck: ideal meeting point.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta, on the square
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · 18th-c. square
A perfect square of 18th-century facades with a central fountain and packed terraces: the old town's outdoor living room.
Tip: At night it glows amber: the centre's best spot for an aperitif before dinner.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Éloi · Neighbourhood square
Small, leafy and ringed with bars: where locals grab a drink before diving into Saint-Pierre.
Tip: Rue Saint-James starts here, the street of second-hand bookshops and tiny bars.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapLa Bastide · Wild riverbank
A wild linear park along the right bank, with the best head-on view of the 18th-century UNESCO facade.
Tip: Walk it north from Darwin at sunset: the light hits the golden stone opposite head-on.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 5 min walk
Featured in: Bordeaux Tourisme · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapChartrons · Quay & promenade
Chartrons's reclaimed quay: cargo hangars turned event halls, a skate strip and a long walk by the water.
Tip: Sunday mornings the quayside market takes over the whole stretch: oysters, white wine and warm bread.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons or CAPC · 5 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapBarrière du Médoc · Château Labottière
Top-tier contemporary art in an 18th-century folie with a private garden, founded by a Bordeaux wine magnate.
Tip: The folie's garden comes with your ticket: in October it's one of the calmest corners in town.
🚇 Tram D · Croix de Seguey · 8 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Porte Cailhau square
The square framing Porte Cailhau, with cobbles, small terraces and the arch cut against the sky.
Tip: Bordeaux's most shared frame on social: backlight the arch at the end of the day.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 3 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Michel · Southern gate
A 1758 gate beside the old mint, on the stretch of quay where working-class Bordeaux begins.
Tip: Walk through into rue Porte de la Monnaie: that's where La Tupina, the south-west's temple, sits.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix · 5 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Bruno · Romantic cemetery
Bordeaux's historic cemetery, from 1791: cypresses, neoclassical mausoleums and Goya's grave — he died here.
Tip: In October the central avenue's planes turn copper and it's near empty: free entry.
🚇 Tram A · Saint-Bruno Hôtel de Région, right there
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapChartrons · 2★ MICHELIN
Bordeaux's highest table: Philippe Etchebest in a Chartrons townhouse seating eleven, open kitchen, single menu.
Tip: Eleven seats, two sittings: book months ahead, no exceptions.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 4 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapPlace de la Bourse · 2★ MICHELIN
Two stars on the top floor of the Place de la Bourse's central pavilion: you dine looking at the Miroir d'Eau.
Tip: Ask for a window table when booking: the lit water mirror alone justifies the cover.
🚇 Tram C · Place de la Bourse, in the building
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapPlace de la Comédie · 2★ MICHELIN
Gordon Ramsay's table at the InterContinental, famous for the silver lobster press worked tableside.
Tip: The silver-press ritual happens at your table: request it when booking so they prepare it.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces, opposite
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapJardin Public · 1★ MICHELIN (new 2026)
The new 2026 star: Fabien Beaufour cooks local produce with razor technique in a spare room near the Jardin Public.
Tip: It earned its first star in March 2026: book weeks ahead, the diary filled up fast.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public · 5 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapFondaudège · 1★ MICHELIN
Seasonal cooking, short supply chains, near-zero waste: the city's most sustainable and most affordable starred table.
Tip: The lunch menu is the cheapest way to eat at a starred table in Bordeaux.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public · 7 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026 · Le Fooding
Show on mapRue Chauffour · 1★ MICHELIN
One couple, one small room and a surprise menu that changes weekly with whatever the market sends.
Tip: There's no à la carte: flag allergies when booking, the menu is built around the table.
🚇 Tram A · Saint-Bruno Hôtel de Région · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapGrands-Hommes · 1★ MICHELIN
Precise creative cooking in a minimalist room behind Notre-Dame, south-west produce reinterpreted.
Tip: Tiny room, single evening service: online booking opens a month ahead.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 5 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapPalais Gallien · 1★ MICHELIN
Bordeaux's only starred Italian: fresh pasta and southern Italian produce with a French hand, in an intimate room.
Tip: Take the Italian wine pairing: a rare list in a city obsessed with Bordeaux reds.
🚇 Tram D · Barrière du Médoc · 7 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapLa Bastide · 1★ MICHELIN
The right bank's star: bright modern cooking on avenue Thiers, with a hidden garden courtyard at the back.
Tip: If it's sunny, ask for the courtyard: one of the few starred inner gardens in town.
🚇 Tram A · Jardin Botanique · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapCroix de Seguey · 1★ MICHELIN
A bourgeois house with a garden serving modern classics for decades: Bordeaux's most veteran star.
Tip: It sits off the tourist circuit: that's why a table needs less notice than downtown.
🚇 Tram D · Croix de Seguey · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapGrand Théâtre · 1★ MICHELIN
Philippe Etchebest's intimate table inside the Grand Théâtre: twelve seats facing the kitchen, tasting menu only.
Tip: The brasserie Le Quatrième Mur, same chef and building, is the accessible version without a long wait.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces, in the building
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapLormont · 1★ MICHELIN
A hidden star at the foot of a medieval castle in Lormont, overlooking the Pont d'Aquitaine, pure produce cooking.
Tip: Head back by BatCub from Lormont Bas: the river shuttle is on your TBM pass, so the cruise costs nothing extra.
🚇 Tram A · Lormont Lauriers · 10 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapVictoire · Bib Gourmand
Mediterranean and Levantine cooking over coals in a tiny rue Jean-Burguet room: unbeatable value for pleasure.
Tip: Bib Gourmand and listed by Le Fooding: with that double nod, book even for lunch.
🚇 Tram B · Musée d'Aquitaine · 4 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026 · Le Fooding
Show on mapMériadeck · Bib Gourmand
A Scot in love with south-west France: short menu, seasonal produce and prices from another decade.
Tip: The lunch menu is one of the best food buys in central Bordeaux.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapMériadeck · Bib Gourmand
The Hôtel Burdigala bistro: classic French plates executed with craft and a sharply chosen wine list.
Tip: It opens Sundays too, a rarity in Bordeaux: keep it for the day everything else shuts.
🚇 Tram A · Hôtel de Région · 5 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapLe Tondu · Bib Gourmand
A neighbourhood bistro off the tourist radar, daily blackboard and market cooking worth the trip.
Tip: It sits in a tourist-free residential pocket: book anyway, the neighbourhood fills it nightly.
🚇 Tram B · Saint-Nicolas · 8 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapFondaudège · Bib Gourmand
A former printworks turned market table at lunch and wine bar at night, run by alumni of Pierre Gagnaire.
Tip: Two venues in one: come at noon for the market menu and return at night just for the wine.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapBarrière Judaïque · Bib Gourmand
Chef Alexandre Bru's modern bistro: timeless French plates with a precision rarely seen at this price.
Tip: It joined the Bib Gourmand in 2026: one of the few western-Bordeaux spots worth the detour.
🚇 Tram A · Saint-Augustin · 8 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026
Show on mapCapucins · MICHELIN Guide · Le Fooding
The rowdy bistro on Place des Capucins: aged meats, unadorned south-west cooking and a huge cellar.
Tip: It's next to the Marché des Capucins: pair it with Saturday morning oysters.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix · 6 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2026 · Le Fooding
Show on mapSaint-Michel · South-west institution
Open-hearth cooking since 1968: duck, grenier médocain and the whole south-west repertoire.
Tip: Ask for a table near the hearth: everything you eat is cooked over the coals in front of you.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix · 6 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux · Sud Ouest
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Fish & seafood
The old town's best-loved fish bistro: whatever came in from Arcachon that day, chalked up, no fuss.
Tip: Two rooms face each other on the same street: if one is full, cross and ask at the other.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 5 min walk
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapChartrons · Hidden bar & kitchen
Creative bistro with a speakeasy behind a false door: serious cocktails and a surprise menu.
Tip: The bar door is at the back of the room and unmarked: ask your server and they'll open it.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 5 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding · Time Out Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Creative bistro
A narrow room on rue de la Devise cooking with wit and technique: a short menu that rotates monthly.
Tip: Few tables, heavy local demand: without a booking, try right when service opens.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding · Time Out Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Short supply chain
Everything comes from Gironde producers and nowhere further: a pioneer of Bordeaux's locavore scene.
Tip: The wine list is almost all natural and regional: ask for advice, it shifts weekly.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 5 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding · Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Natural wine
A proper cave à manger: precise small plates, living wines and a bar where you eat elbow to elbow.
Tip: Sit at the bar: that's where you talk to whoever pours and get the off-list recommendations.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 5 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Wine bar & plates
Living wines, serious charcuterie and blackboard plates: the wine bar Bordeaux's own cooks drink at.
Tip: No reservations: arrive early, grab a stool and let the day's open bottle guide you.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Le Fooding
Plant-forward seasonal cooking in a minimalist room near Porte Cailhau: short menu, immaculate produce.
Tip: One of the few Bordeaux tables where vegetables are the plate, not the garnish.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 4 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapFondaudège · Le Fooding
Well-travelled cooking on Gironde produce in a bright room: one of the most celebrated openings in town.
Tip: There's a sibling cafe on the same rue Fondaudège: breakfast at one, dinner at the other.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public · 6 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Le Fooding
Hand-pressed Japanese onigiri with French produce at a tiny counter near the quay: a local queue every day.
Tip: They sell out by midday: buy two and eat them in the Parc aux Angéliques facing the UNESCO facade.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 4 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapSaint-Michel · Le Fooding
A neighbourhood canteen on rue des Faures: direct plates, honest prices and a room full every night.
Tip: It sits at the heart of Saint-Michel: dine here and walk straight into the Place Canteloup bars.
🚇 Tram C · Saint-Michel · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Michel · Bakery & wine bar
A sourdough bakery by day and a natural wine bar by night, on the medieval rue de la Rousselle in Saint-Michel.
Tip: Loaves come out mid-morning and vanish: for a boule, go before noon.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 5 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapPlace Rodesse · Le Fooding
A contemporary trattoria with house-made pasta and genuine Italian produce, on a tourist-free little square.
Tip: The terrace on Place Rodesse is tiny and fills first: book if you want to sit outside.
🚇 Tram A · Hôtel de Région · 7 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapPlace du Palais · Le Fooding
Casual Italian facing Porte Cailhau: fresh pasta, charred vegetables and wines from small growers.
Tip: The terrace looks straight at the Porte Cailhau arch: ask to sit outside while the sun holds.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 3 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapMériadeck · Neapolitan pizza
Long-fermented dough and serious Italian produce in a loud young room: Bordeaux's most talked-about pizza.
Tip: No evening bookings: put your name down and have a drink on the pavement while you wait.
🚇 Tram A · Palais de Justice · 3 min walk
Featured in: Le Fooding
Show on mapPlace de la Bourse · Bistro with a view
The Gabriel pavilion's bistro floor: accessible French cooking with Place de la Bourse and the Miroir d'Eau behind.
Tip: It's the affordable way to eat in Bordeaux's most photographed building: book by the window.
🚇 Tram C · Place de la Bourse, in the building
Featured in: Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux
Show on mapChartrons · Classic bistro
A textbook Chartrons bistro: paper tablecloths, a blackboard, entrecôte à la bordelaise and lifelong regulars.
Tip: Order the entrecôte à la bordelaise: red-wine and marrow sauce is the city's signature plate.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 4 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Rémi · Bordeaux cooking
The whole local repertoire on one menu: lamproie à la bordelaise, magret, foie gras and Arcachon oysters.
Tip: Lamprey is the strangest and most Bordelais dish of all: always with regional red, never white.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Rémi · Brasserie & cellar
A thousand wine labels on the walls and dry-aged beef in the case: the old town's liveliest brasserie.
Tip: Late and loud: one of the few central spots still serving after 11 pm.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapChartrons · Neighbourhood bistro
A small room on rue Rode serving seasonal French cooking at neighbourhood prices, zero posturing.
Tip: It's half a block from Maison Nouvelle: if the starred table fell through, this is the consolation.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAllées de Tourny · Historic brasserie
A 1932 brasserie with red moleskine and waistcoated waiters: the Triangle d'Or's classic business lunch.
Tip: Order the seafood platter: oyster season starts in October and they come straight from Arcachon.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 2 min walk
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Show on mapCapucins · Market oysters
The oyster stall inside Marché des Capucins: a dozen, a glass of dry white and the whole city round the counter.
Tip: Bordeaux ritual: Saturday morning, oysters and cold white standing up, before 11. No bookings.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix · 6 min walk
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Show on mapQuinconces · One dish only
There is no menu: entrecôte, secret sauce and unlimited fries, with a pavement queue since 1966.
Tip: No reservations and the queue is part of the ritual: show up at opening or wait 40 minutes.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 2 min walk
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Show on mapBarrière d'Arès · Neighbourhood table
Precise French cooking and an inner courtyard in a residential pocket: the serious table of western Bordeaux.
Tip: The courtyard runs well into October when the weather holds: ask when you book.
🚇 Tram A · Saint-Augustin · 7 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Wine by the glass
Thirty-two wines by the glass poured from nitrogen dispensers: taste a Pauillac without buying the bottle.
Tip: Load a card and pour your own: the best way to taste great Médoc crus without going broke.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 4 min walk
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Show on mapAllées de Tourny · Wine council bar
The wine bar of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux: regional glasses at near-symbolic prices.
Tip: The cheapest way into Bordeaux wine: in October they often open vintages from the previous harvest.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 2 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Signature Japanese
A tiny Japanese counter on rue du Cancera: day-boat fish, perfect rice and a short menu that writes itself.
Tip: Few counter seats: reserve or arrive exactly when service opens.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Projet · Vegetarian
Vegetarian and vegan seasonal cooking in the pedestrian centre: rare and very well done for Bordeaux.
Tip: In a city of duck and foie gras, this is the old town's most solid vegetarian option.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
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Show on mapDarwin · Organic canteen
France's largest organic restaurant, inside Darwin: organic cooking in a mural-covered industrial hall.
Tip: Sunday brunch is a local institution: arrive before noon or queue in the yard.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 7 min walk, or BatCub · Stalingrad
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Show on mapSaint-Michel · Antique courtyard
A cafe-restaurant inside an antiques arcade: you eat surrounded by old furniture and lamps for sale.
Tip: Sunday is the big day: the Saint-Michel flea market takes over the whole square around it.
🚇 Tram C · Saint-Michel · 3 min walk
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Show on mapLa Bastide · Riverfront terrace
The terrace with the best head-on view of the Pont de Pierre and the UNESCO facade, on the right bank.
Tip: Book for sunset: from here the historic centre blazes gold over the water.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 6 min walk
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Show on mapCours de l'Intendance · Canelés
Bordeaux's best-known canelé house: an almost black caramelised crust over a warm vanilla-and-rum heart.
Tip: Eat it warm, in the street, the same day: a cold next-day canelé is a different thing entirely.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 3 min walk
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Show on mapRue Sainte-Catherine · Canelés
The people's canelé: smaller, cheaper and, for half the city, better than the rival. The local argument never ends.
Tip: Buy the bag of mini canelés and compare them with Baillardran's: that's how the Bordeaux argument starts.
🚇 Tram B · Musée d'Aquitaine · 4 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Pierre · Artisan canelés
A small workshop baking canelés all day: you buy them straight from the oven, still crackling.
Tip: Ask when the next batch comes out: the gap between warm and cold is enormous.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Éloi · Canelés & pastry
Cassonade's second address, by the Grosse Cloche: canelés, dunes blanches and classic Bordeaux pastries.
Tip: Ask for a dune blanche too: the cream-filled choux from the Arcachon coast is the other regional classic.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
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Show on mapBassins à Flot · Riverside canelés
The quayside branch, perfect for grabbing a box of canelés en route to La Cité du Vin or the BatCub.
Tip: The cardboard boxes survive a flight: the most Bordelais edible souvenir there is.
🚇 Tram B · Bassins à Flot · 5 min walk
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Show on mapVieille Tour · Local roaster
The roaster that brought specialty coffee to Bordeaux: own beans, obsessive extraction and a boutique to take home.
Tip: There's a second bar on the right-bank quay: same roast, Garonne view.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 4 min walk
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Show on mapLa Bastide · Riverside coffee
The Bordeaux roaster's right-bank counter next to Darwin: specialty coffee facing the historic centre.
Tip: Take the coffee outside and cross to the Parc aux Angéliques: the UNESCO facade view is free.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 6 min walk
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Show on mapPey-Berland · Third wave
The reference of Bordeaux's third wave, opposite the cathedral: serious baristas, rotating beans and a cult brunch.
Tip: Weekends mean a brunch queue: come midweek for a window table.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, opposite
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Show on mapSaint-James · Books & coffee
Specialty coffee between bookshelves on rue Saint-James: in-house roasting, pastry and quiet.
Tip: They run three units side by side on the same street: cafe, patisserie and roastery.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-James · Roastery
The Books & Coffee roastery: buy freshly roasted beans and have them ground in front of you.
Tip: Ask for the bean of the week: they often carry microlots the rest of the city never sees.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
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Show on mapPoquelin Molière · Coffee & canons
Specialty coffee by day, natural wine by night: the perfect hinge between Bordeaux's two obsessions.
Tip: From 6 pm it changes face: the same room turns from coffee shop into natural wine bar.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 5 min walk
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Show on mapRue des Ayres · Third wave
A tiny counter on rue des Ayres pouring what may be the most carefully made filter coffee in the whole city.
Tip: Few tables here: take it away and keep walking to the cathedral, two streets off.
🚇 Tram B · Musée d'Aquitaine · 4 min walk
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Show on mapTrois Conils · Espresso bar
An Australian-style espresso bar in the middle of town: impeccable flat whites and pastry baked the same day.
Tip: It opens early, rare in Bordeaux: the best breakfast before the museums unlock.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
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Show on mapRue Mautrec · Japanese counter
Japanese aesthetics, pale wood and a short precise espresso: the Triangle d'Or's quietest counter.
Tip: Barely any seats: it's a stand-up counter built for quick, well-made coffee.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 3 min walk
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Show on mapChartrons · Brunch & coffee
On antique-dealer rue Notre-Dame: generous brunch, sourdough bread and specialty coffee all day.
Tip: Pair it with rue Notre-Dame: you step out of the cafe straight into the Chartrons antique shops.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 4 min walk
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Show on mapCastelnau d'Auros · Neighbourhood cafe
A small bright cafe between Gambetta and Mériadeck, Nordic roast and a regulars-only crowd.
Tip: It's off the tourist path though only two streets away: that's why there's always room.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 3 min walk
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Show on mapRue de Guienne · Coffee & brunch
Specialty coffee and brunch plates on a medieval lane by the Grosse Cloche: kitchen open all day.
Tip: Brunch runs on weekdays too, not just weekends: handy when you land in Bordeaux on a Tuesday.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 6 min walk
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Show on mapSainte-Colombe · Inclusive cafe
A bright coffee house staffed by people with disabilities: decent coffee, homemade pastry and a model that works.
Tip: Part of a French network employing people with disabilities: the city's best coffee with a cause.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapFondaudège · Daytime cafe
The daytime sibling of restaurant Eriu: long breakfasts, specialty coffee and house-baked pastry.
Tip: Have breakfast here and walk down to the Jardin Public: in October the park is in full golden leaf.
🚇 Tram C · Jardin Public · 6 min walk
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Show on mapRue des Remparts · Tea room
A classic tea room with homemade tarts and an endless infusion list, steps from Porte Dijeaux.
Tip: The perfect refuge on a rainy October afternoon: order apple tart and smoked tea.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 3 min walk
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Show on mapPey-Berland · Cathedral terrace
The historic terrace on Place Pey-Berland, cathedral and tower in front: Bordeaux's lifelong cafe.
Tip: Order a coffee on the terrace at midday: the best seat for watching the Pey-Berland tower.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, right there
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Show on mapPey-Berland · City-hall cafe
A square-side cafe facing the Palais Rohan, ideal for a pause between the cathedral and the museums.
Tip: The easiest meeting point downtown: everyone in Bordeaux knows where Pey-Berland is.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, opposite
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Show on mapChapeau Rouge · Historic cafe
A corner cafe-brasserie facing the Grand Théâtre, with the Triangle d'Or's busiest terrace.
Tip: The terrace faces the Grand Théâtre columns head-on: ideal for a coffee before the show.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces, right there
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Show on mapAlsace-Lorraine · Signature pastry
Contemporary patisserie with a jeweller's window: minimalist tarts, canelés and proper butter viennoiserie.
Tip: Seasonal tarts change monthly: October brings fig, grape and chestnut.
🚇 Tram A · Porte de Bourgogne · 4 min walk
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Show on mapVieille Tour · Historic chocolatier
A Bordeaux chocolatier since 1932: wine-filled bonbons, chocolate canelés and a room to sit and eat them.
Tip: Try the bonbons filled with Bordeaux wine: around since the 1930s and barely sold outside the city.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 4 min walk
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Show on mapChartrons · Antique-dealer cafe
The old reliable on rue Notre-Dame, where the Chartrons antique dealers breakfast before opening up.
Tip: Sunday morning is the moment: the quayside market is three streets away.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 4 min walk
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Show on mapSainte-Croix · Square cafe
A simple terrace facing the Romanesque Sainte-Croix abbey, in a quarter tourists haven't found yet.
Tip: The natural stop between Gare Saint-Jean and the old town: ten minutes on foot from each.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix, opposite
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Show on mapCours de l'Intendance · Breton pastry
Breton kouign-amann, chocolate and macarons at the top of Cours de l'Intendance: an impossible window to ignore.
Tip: Warm kouign-amann is the Breton counterpoint to the Bordeaux canelé: try both the same day.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 2 min walk
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Show on mapCentre · 1.2 km pedestrian street
Europe's longest pedestrian shopping street: 1.2 km straight of shops from Place de la Comédie to la Victoire.
Tip: Walk it north to south: luxury at the top, prices falling as you near la Victoire.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville, halfway along
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Show on mapVital Carles · France's largest bookshop
France's largest independent bookshop since 1896: fifteen linked rooms in the house where Montesquieu was born.
Tip: Get lost between rooms: wine, comics and travel sections, each in a different building linked inside.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
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Show on mapAllées de Tourny · Tower of bottles
A four-storey spiral staircase ringed by 15,000 bottles of Bordeaux: France's most photogenic wine cellar.
Tip: The crus are shelved by height: the higher you climb, the grander the appellation.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 2 min walk
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Show on mapTriangle d'Or · Grands crus by the glass
A gallery where classified grands crus are poured by the glass from preservation dispensers: Pétrus included.
Tip: The only sane way to taste a first growth without buying the bottle.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Grand Théâtre–Quinconces · 3 min walk
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Show on mapTriangle d'Or · Curated wine shop
A small, sharply curated cellar in the Triangle d'Or, with real advice and bottles the chains never stock.
Tip: Tell them your budget and what you're eating tonight: their pick usually beats the famous label.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAllées de Tourny · Historic cellar
A Bordeaux cellar since 1880 on the Allées de Tourny: old vintages, armagnac and rare whisky in a wood-lined room.
Tip: They keep birth-year vintages: if you want a bottle from a specific year, start here.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 4 min walk
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Show on mapCapucins · The belly of Bordeaux
The covered market locals call the city's belly: oysters, cheese, butchers and stand-up eating counters.
Tip: Saturday before 11: oysters and white wine standing at the counters is the most authentic local ritual.
🚇 Tram C · Sainte-Croix · 6 min walk
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Show on mapBacalan · Gourmet food hall
A modern food hall facing La Cité du Vin: oysters, cheese, charcuterie and wine counters under one roof.
Tip: The logical stop after La Cité du Vin: across the street and open late.
🚇 Tram B · La Cité du Vin, opposite
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Show on mapChartrons · Neighbourhood market
The Chartrons covered market, with Gironde growers and an oyster counter the neighbourhood adores.
Tip: Open only some mornings: the Sunday quayside market is the quarter's big day.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Michel · Antique dealers
A covered arcade packed with antique dealers beside the basilica: furniture, lamps and curiosities from every era.
Tip: On Sundays the square outside fills with the flea market: the quarter's big day.
🚇 Tram C · Saint-Michel · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Michel · Brocante
Brocante sheds behind the basilica selling everything: crockery, records, posters and furniture by the kilo.
Tip: Haggling is part of it: prices aren't fixed and drop late on Sunday.
🚇 Tram C · Saint-Michel · 4 min walk
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Show on mapChartrons · Antiques village
A courtyard of dozens of antique stalls in the heart of Chartrons, the historic wine merchants' quarter.
Tip: Walk the whole rue Notre-Dame: Bordeaux's densest antique street, end to end.
🚇 Tram B · Chartrons · 4 min walk
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Show on mapSainte-Catherine · Department store
The French department store on rue Sainte-Catherine's busiest corner, brands and beauty across several floors.
Tip: Ask for the tax-refund desk if you spend above the legal minimum.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
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Show on mapSainte-Catherine · Open-air mall
An open-air shopping gallery in Bordeaux stone with international brands, right off the pedestrian street.
Tip: The nicest shortcut between rue Sainte-Catherine and Cours de l'Intendance: fewer people, same direction.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 3 min walk
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Show on mapTriangle d'Or · Circular gallery
A circular glass gallery at the Triangle d'Or's apex: fine food, fashion and the square's terraces.
Tip: The basement has cheese and charcuterie stalls: the best picnic shop for the Jardin Public.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 4 min walk
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Show on mapDarwin · Organic supermarket
Darwin's organic supermarket inside the old barracks: local growers, bulk bins and no plastic.
Tip: Build a picnic here and eat it in the Parc aux Angéliques, UNESCO facade opposite.
🚇 Tram A · Stalingrad · 7 min walk, or BatCub · Stalingrad
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Show on mapPiliers de Tutelle · Regional produce
A fine grocer devoted to the south-west: foie gras, duck confit, canelés, chocolate and Bordeaux wine vinegar.
Tip: The best stop for edible souvenirs: everything comes from Gironde producers and nearby.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 4 min walk
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Show on mapAllées de Tourny · Chocolatier since 1826
Bordeaux's oldest chocolatier, open since 1826: bonbons, armagnac cherries and a window that never changed.
Tip: Ask for the sarments du Médoc: thin chocolate twigs shaped like pruned vine shoots.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 3 min walk
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Show on mapTriangle d'Or · Artisan chocolate
A family chocolatier since 1893 on Cours Georges Clemenceau: truffles, pralines and a workshop still working by hand.
Tip: Locals argue about chocolate as fiercely as about canelés: this is the purists' house.
🚇 Tram B, C and D · Quinconces · 5 min walk
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Show on mapPas Saint-Georges · Cheesemonger
An affineur's cheese shop with raw-milk cheeses from all France and a room to taste them with regional wine.
Tip: Ask for Pyrenees cheeses: Basque sheep's milk with black cherry jam is the local pairing.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapRue Montesquieu · Cheese affineur
Bordeaux's most celebrated cheese affineur, with his own cellars beneath the shop where the wheels mature.
Tip: Ask them to build a board to go: they'll vacuum-pack it if you're flying.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 4 min walk
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Show on mapPlace du Parlement · Independent bookshop
A historic independent bookshop on Place du Parlement, with a hand-picked essay and literature selection.
Tip: It keeps a Spanish and Portuguese section unusual for France: ask on the way in.
🚇 Tram A and B · Hôtel de Ville · 5 min walk
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Show on mapCours de l'Intendance · Triangle d'Or
The French house on the luxury stretch of Cours de l'Intendance, the elegant artery of Bordeaux's Triangle d'Or.
Tip: The Triangle d'Or is three streets: Intendance, Allées de Tourny and Cours Clemenceau. The luxury lives there.
🚇 Tram D · Gambetta · 3 min walk
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Show on mapQuai de Paludate · Grand cru warehouse
A grand cru warehouse by Gare Saint-Jean holding millions of bottles: guided tastings and worldwide shipping.
Tip: They ship almost worldwide: buy here and the bottle waits for you at home, no suitcase weight.
🚇 Tram C · Gare Saint-Jean · 7 min walk
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