Few buildings in Bordeaux have a biography that reads like a picaresque novel. Utopia is one of...
The seven lives of Utopia: church, naval school, sardine cannery, garage, cinema
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The Palais Gallien: Bordeaux’s forgotten Roman amphitheatre
Some things you walk past every day without noticing. The Palais Gallien is one of them. You walk...
When wolves prowled the streets of Bordeaux: the tale of a myth
The story goes that in the year 592, Bordeaux, still without ramparts, worn down by past assaults,...
The Grosse Cloche weathervane: the golden lion watching over Bordeaux
As you turn a corner in the historic centre of Bordeaux, passers-by often look up at the Grosse...
The secrets of Bordeaux street names: when history is written in stone
In Bordeaux, you only have to look up at a street sign to feel centuries echoing back. Each name,...
Banc d’Arguin, fragile jewel of Arcachon Bay
Facing the majestic Dune du Pilat, between Cap Ferret and the Landes coast, stretches a land as...
Place des Quinconces: the beating heart of Bordeaux between history and popular festivals
In Bordeaux, there's a place that's part of everyone's daily life - locals, visitors, strollers -...
The ghosts of The Houses of Parliament: a pub, a legend
In the living heart of old Bordeaux, where the cobblestones echo late into the darkest nights,...
The legend of the basilisk of rue du Mirail: between myth, fear and mirror
It was in the 13th century that the legend was born in rue du Mirail, then still a discreet...
Bordeaux: a mosaic of districts, an invitation to explore
Click to enlarge Bordeaux is not a monolithic city. Each district shows a singular personality,...