Free tour

🏰 Free Tour: Discover the heart of Bordeaux 🍇

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Excellent (11 ratings)

Bordeaux

Duration: 2 hours

Languages: English

Guru: Guadalupe

Registered on 10 November 2022

Bonjour, Hello, Hola! Welcome to Bordeaux, the pearl of Aquitaine. We're delighted to meet you and to have the opportunity to show you our beautiful city. We are a group of French and Argentine guides who have combined their love of travel, meeting people, languages, photography, art and wine to create this tour. We fell in love with Bordeaux many years ago, which is why our mission is to share it with you today, in the hope that you'll fall in love with it too during your stay. Our tours are filled with history, art, architecture, anecdotes, legends, current events and Bordeaux life. We promise to deliver this original mix in a fun, interactive and entertaining way. As locals, we'll be sharing lots of recommendations on things to do and see, places to visit, vineyards, markets, restaurants, wine bars and much more. Didn't we mention what you're looking for? Feel free to ask your guide during the tour! Don't worry, we won't take you into stores or businesses to try and sell you something. We don't appreciate that when we're traveling ourselves, so rest assured that all our recommendations are totally disinterested. We look forward to having you with us!

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

Join us to explore Bordeaux on a two-hour walking tour.

We'll start our journey at Place Pey Berland, one of the liveliest squares.

Ready to learn about our history? We'll travel back in time 2,300 years ago, where you will discover the origins and the changes the city has undergone throughout history.

Then, we will start our walk to the city center, discovering our popular squares like Place Saint Projet. We will be showing you hidden buildings and ruins that are easy to miss in plain sight.

We will leave behind the modern Bordeaux, to enter the medieval part with its narrow streets and see some of the oldest houses that are still standing.

In Saint Pierre district, you will hear about Bordeaux’s 12th-century port, the Second World War and its impact on the city.

Next, arrive at Place de la Bourse, the most famous building in Bordeaux. Here, you will learn about trade, commerce and the wine business.

See the oasis-like water mirror in front of you? The most photographed part of the city deserves a souvenir photo from you!

Enter the Triangle d’Or district, where you will hear the reason of its name, who lived here and many more legends.

Our tour will finish at Place de la Comédie, after learning about the square and the astonishing Grand Théâtre.

Bonus +++: Our recommendations on where to eat, wine bars, markets to visit, bakeries, things to do, etc.

Don’t hesitate, we are waiting for you. This is your Bordeaux free walking tour!

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Pl. Pey Berland, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Hi! I will be waiting for you next to/close to the entrance door of the Cathedral. I'll be holding a green umbrella.

Outside visit

Cathédrale Saint-André

Let me tell you about the origins of Bordeaux, the construction of our Gothic Cathedral (11th to 16 century), the Royal weddings that took place here and the many changes this square has undergone in the last nine centuries.

Outside visit

Hôtel de ville de Bordeaux

Outside visit

Pey Berland Tower

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).