Bordeaux Favorites

Favorite thing: Limité au sud par les parkings et l’esplanade des Quinconces, par le Jardin Public et le cours Xavier-Arnozan et au nord par le cours du Médoc et le quartier de Bacalan, le plus septentrional de la ville, le quartier des Chartrons s’interrompt à l’est avec le « front de Garonne », ligne d’immeubles bordant le quai des Chartrons.
Jusqu’à la fin du 20e siècle, l’espace compris entre le quai des Chartrons et le fleuve, aujourd’hui constitué de parkings et de zones de promenade, était occupé par des entrepôts, des quais verticaux et des cales inclinées desservis par des grues mobiles et des voies ferrées. Tout cela a aujourd’hui disparu, avec les activités portuaires commerciales situées dans les limites de la ville proprement dite. Le « cours de la Martinique », l’un des rares axes un peu larges taillés dans ce quartier au début du 20e siècle, rappelle la grande activité passée de ce port spécialisé, du 18e au 20e siècle, dans les échanges avec l’Outremer et les colonies, notamment l’Afrique de l’Ouest et les Antilles.

Fondest memory:
Limited at the south by the parking lots and the esplanade of the Quinconces, by the Public Garden and the Xavier-Arnozan course and to the north by the course of the Medoc and the district of Bacalan, most northern of the city, the district of the Chartrons interrupts itself at the East with it «front of Garonne», line of building edging the embankment of the Chartrons.
Until the end of the 20th century, the space understood between the embankment of the Chartronses and the stream, today constituted of parking lots and zones of walk, was occupied by warehouses, the vertical embankments and the tilted holds gone against by mobile cranes and railroad tracks. All it disappeared today, with the commercial harbor activities situated in the limits of the actual city. Him «course of Martinique», one of the rare axes a few large built in this district in the beginning of the 20th century, recall the big activity passed of this specialized harbor, of the 18th at the 20th century, in the exchanges with the ultramarine and the colonies, notably West Africa and the Antilles

Favorite thing: Pendant de longs mois, les travaux du tramway on rendu infernale la circulation automobile dans la ville de Bordeaux. Chacun de mes déplacements dans la métropole aquitaine était une torture !!!

During long months, the works of the tram one made infernal the automotive circulation in the city of Bordeaux. Each of my displacements in the aquitan's metropolis was a torture!!!

Favorite thing: This garden was built in 1756 and it soon became a popular public city park. In 1856 the garden was redesigned in an English style. Currently this 10 hectares park in the center of Bordeaux is a perfect place to spend a weekend. The Jardin Public contains some very scant remains of Bordeaux's Roman past.

Favorite thing: North of the centre is the vast open square of the esplanade des Quinconces. One of the tallest monuments in Bordeaux, the Monument to the Girondins and the Republic, dominates the east side of this wide promenade. This monument was erected at the end of 19th century to honour the deputies of the revolution.
The Esplanade des Quinconces takes up more than 12 hectares.

Favorite thing: Bordeaux is reasonably spread out along the western side of the River Garonne, with the eighteenth-century old town lying between the place de la Comédie to the north, the imposing buildings of the river bank and the cathedral to the west.
Quartier Saint-Eloi is one of the most picturesque districts in Bordeaux. Grosse Cloche (the picture) used to be the bell of the Town Hall's belfry. Currently the Town Hall is elsewhere, but the bell is still one of the symbols of Bordeaux.

Favorite thing: The Chartrons district

Antiques are concentrated along rue Notre-Dame in the Chartrons district; junkier bargains occupy the Passage Saint-Michel, next to the Eglise Saint-Michel, where there is
also an occasional flea market.

Favorite thing: Bordeaux is a city that can easily be discovered on foot. Actually it is a city that i think you must discover on foot. Especially the city centre since it is quite compact and most major sights are within a few minutes walk of each other. So bring those comfy shoes and start touring the city

Favorite thing: If you are by car this might be something for you. When we headed back to the car we walked alongside the Garonne river. But unfortunately there was no place where we good get a good view of the pont de Pierre. We had already given up and were heading home when we chose the wrong bridge to cross. We did cross over the pont de pierre itself instead of the pont st. jean. When you've crossed the bridge, go right and go immediately right again. There is a small parking space there where you can take excellent pictures