How to Spend 2 Days in Bordeaux
Two days provides time for sightseeing in the historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and exploring the surrounding wine regions. Here’s how to spend the perfect two days in Bordeaux.
Porte Cailhau
Free admission
Porte Cailhau, Bordeaux, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, 33000
Practical Info
Porte Cailhau is located on Place du Palais in central historic Bordeaux. It can by reached by public transit from Place du Palais tram station on line A and Porte de Bourgogne on line C; although it is not advised to get to the historic center of Bordeaux by car, there is paid underground parking at Bourse-Jean Jaurès. The entrance is on Quai du Maréchal Lyautey. The small exhibition is open daily (except January 1st) from 10am to 12pm, and from 1pm to 6pm.
Trip ideas
- Porte de Bourgogne
- Place de la Bourse (Place Royale)
- Pont de Pierre
- Port of Bordeaux
- Grosse Cloche
- Basilica of St. Michael (Basilique St. Michel)
- Rue Sainte-Catherine
- Museum of Aquitaine (Musée d'Aquitaine)
- Quai Louis XVIII
- Grand Theatre
- Bordeaux Hôtel de Ville (Palais Rohan)
- Bordeaux Cathedral (Cathédrale St. André)
- Port of the Moon (Port de la Lune)
- Girondins Monument (Monument aux Girondins)
- Quinconces Square (Place des Quinconces)