Top Things to do in Gironde
Top Hotels in Gironde
- 1. Chateau Pape Clement
- 2. Best Western Premier Hotel Bayonne Etche-Ona
- 3. Hilton Garden Inn Bordeaux Centre
- 4. Staycity Aparthotel Bordeaux City Centre
- 5. Radisson Blu Hotel Bordeaux
- 6. Hotel Le B d'Arcachon
- 7. Chateau Grand Barrail Hotel
- 8. Hotel Cardinal Bordeaux
- 9. MEININGER Hotel Bordeaux Gare Saint-Jean
- 10. Le Boutique Hotel & Spa
Top 10 Free Things to do in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Discover the best top things to do in Gironde, France including St. Andre Cathedral, Place de la Bourse, La Grande Dune du Pilat, Pont de Pierre, Winter Town (Ville d’Hiver), Grosse Cloche de Bordeaux, Office de Tourisme du Grand Saint-Emilionnais, Marche des Capucins, Porte Cailhau, Pont Jacques Chaban Delmas.
Restaurants in Gironde
1. St. Andre Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,362 reviews
This beautiful 17th century church is one of Bordeaux's main attractions.
Reviewed By JElliot32 - New South Wales, Australia
Bordeaux's cathedral is massive Gothic pile, very reminiscent to us of many other Gothic churches we visited around France and Spain. But there was also plenty more about St Andre's to ensure we did not succumb to 'cathedral overload' here. Its towering spires, highly decorated doorways and flying buttresses all catch your eye from the square outside, while from the inside the ribbed vaults of the soaring ceiling and the light shining through the stained-glass windows are awe-inspiring. Best of all though were the cathedral's magnificently decorative rose windows. Also of note is that Eleonor of Aquitaine married here in 1137.
2. Place de la Bourse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6,857 reviews
Reviewed By Effecrisse - Milan, Italy
The square is really marvelous, we can be breathless at night thanks to a spectacular lighting and to the Miroir d'Eau just in front of the palaces that perfectly reflect on it. You can take fabulous pictures there!
3. La Grande Dune du Pilat
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5,264 reviews
The highest dune in Europe, a unique landscape with an incredible panoramic view over the ocean, forest and Arcachon Bay but also and more importantly, a living, natural space that needs to be looked after and protected. Since December 2007, the Syndicat Mixte de la Grande Dune du Pilat has been working to protect and preserve this national piece of heritage that belongs to us all. From the top of this giant (109 meters high, 2,7 kilometers long, 500 meters wide), you can see many remarkable sites of the region.
Reviewed By sandyt186 - Mold, United Kingdom
Visited while cycling through France and Spain. Parked up our bikes and walked up the dune and along the crest for magnificent panoramic views over the Gulf of Acheron, absolutely breathtaking,like something from a David Attenborough programme.The colours were startling,a real wow experience and worth the effort to climb up.
4. Pont de Pierre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,367 reviews
Reviewed By Staidthere - Jakarta, Indonesia
Bordeaux has two iconic images: the Place de la Bourse city square and the old stone bridge. For history and beauty, we prefer the 200 year-old Ponte de Pierre because, like the Statue of Liberty in New York, it must have been the first image of Bordeaux to weary travelers who crossed the Garonne River and passed into the safety of the city through the Bourgogne Arch. Until 1965, it was the only bridge across the river. The 17 small regular arches are characteristic of old stone bridges (steel construction allows longer spans), and today the repeating arches exhibit a graceful image of their former glory, especially just before nightfall when the details of the bridge including the Napoleon seals, are still visible among lights on the arches reflecting off the river. The lovely evenly-spaced 19th century overhead lamps made us pause just a bit longer to contemplate the bridge and its history, despite the rush of evening commuters. We suspect the old bridge should be reinforced or replaced, but it has been preserved more for aesthetic reasons, like the Charles Bridge in Prague, because nowadays only pedestrians and lighter public transport pass over it.
5. Winter Town (Ville d’Hiver)
6. Grosse Cloche de Bordeaux
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,051 reviews
Reviewed By TV2451
This is one of the most famous landmarks in town and needs to be on your walking tour. It's a castle-like town with a clock, quite old and impressive.
7. Office de Tourisme du Grand Saint-Emilionnais
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,128 reviews
The Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (including the town and the territory of the 8 villages united under the authority of the medieval Jurade) was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage in 1999 to preserve, restore and share this outstanding heritage! Covered in vines and bordered with rivers, along woody slopes and picturesque roads, the Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion stretches out over 75 km² around a particularly well-preserved medieval town and is the ideal place to stay. Only 30 minutes from Bordeaux and 1h from Bergerac or Périgueux, Saint-Emilion is the perfect starting point to tour around the vineyards of Bordeaux and the Perigord district. Legend has it that the town bears the name of a Breton monk that performed miracles while living an exemplary life. In order to retire from social life, he settled in 750 in a natural grotto, which can still be visited nowadays in the heart of the town!
Reviewed By 168murrayg - Dubbo, Australia
If you go to Saint Emilion you need to go to the tourist information, very informative and helpful, we hired bikes booked tours and got all the information we needed for our stay.
8. Marche des Capucins
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 542 reviews
Reviewed By AnnS80 - Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
A great market with lots of stuff to look at and buy or just to see what the French people buy on a daily basis - fruit and vegetables that are most intersting for example different coloured tomatoes! Some speciality cakes the Caneles and the pastries with vanilla cream in the centre. Meat and fish of all kinds. There are also places to eat - oysters, breakfast, lunch. We went twice during our 5 day stay: we had lunch one day and breakfast another. Both were excellent. Go and see this place,it tells you more about France and the French now than the historic museums although they can tell you so much about the past.
9. Porte Cailhau
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 895 reviews
The Port Cailhau, thirty-five metres tall, was integrated into the city walls. In 1864, it was rented by a public letter writer and a person whose job was to weigh salt. They were both evicted in order to renovate the monument. There is a magnificent view of the oldest bridge in Bordeaux, the Pont de Pierre, from here.
Reviewed By MikeH305 - Phoenix, United States
This gate is something to behold. The center tower has a twist in it that provides a photographers delight in me. I looked at this for a while as it was so fascinating to me. Don't look at it though and continue to walk since there are small steps in the area.
10. Pont Jacques Chaban Delmas
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,526 reviews
Reviewed By KrisD_pl - Warsaw, Poland
Bit to the north of centre, Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas is a lift bridge of the longest span (central lift span measures 117 metres and can be lifted vertically up to 53 metres) in Europe. It’s quite new as it was opened just in 2013. Stunning view of the white bridge against the blue skies.
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