Gironde Things to Do

Located in an old harbor warehouse built in the 19th Century, this museum now presents the major movements of the art world since the 1960s. Works are displayed in monographic or thematic categories, and many young artists are... more

This skating rink is in the center of town and was established in 1981. It is open to school children, for training ice hockey teams and to the general public. The biggest concerts in town are also put on here. The rink measure... more

Known as Bordeaux's answer to Paris's famous Père Lachaise cemetry, many well-known people are buried here, including Goya, Lacour, Flora Tristan and Gauguin's grandmother. Like its larger counterpart, it is also home to an ama... more

Entirely pedestrianized and over a kilometer long, this is the busiest shopping street in Bordeaux; it is also one of the town's oldest thoroughfares. In Roman times, it was a major north-south road. Today, it is still importan... more

This austere 18th-century building plays host to Bordeaux's town hall. The building took 13 years to build (1771–1784). On two sides of the courtyard, low buildings link the main building to a colonnade. The rear façade is exte... more

Opened in 1811, Bordeaux's Natural History Museum is one of the oldest of its kind in France. Set in a stunning private mansion adjoining the Le Jardin Public , the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle hosts a zoological collection of sp... more

The Cruiseur Colbert is one of the country's biggest warships and belongs to the French Navy. Now with a new lease of life as a museum, you can retrace the life of the vessel from her construction in 1953 to her last mission in... more

Bordeaux's museum of fine arts was founded in 1801 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1829, the curator managed to obtain a collection of 280 paintings comprising works from Italy, Belgium, Germany and Holland. The Dutch paintings eleva... more

This club is now one of the biggest night-life complexes in the Aquitaine region. It has several dance halls:all playing musics of different genres (you have a list to choose from) and a restaurant, which is open all night. The... more

Until 1965, Pierre's bridge in the center of town was the only way to cross the Garonne to Bordeaux. That year, construction began on a suspension bridge connecting Bordeaux Lac to Lormont, on the right bank. 679 meters long (2... more