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Biarritz, Bordeaux, TGV, Paris
Routes
Bordeaux sightseeing with TM continuation by TGV
- Use in conjunction with the TGV page
- It depends on your train schedule whether you will have time for city sightseeing in Bordeaux
- Time permitting, you may want to suggest the group buys snacks for the TGV, as food and drinks are expensive on board. Plenty of options in the train station if you get there with time to spare.
- For Bordeaux Walking Tour please refer to ACIS TM Notes
Bordeaux – visit
If you have arrived by train load the bus and start your tour by driving down the Cours de la Marne to the Place de la Victoire. If you arrive from Biarritz, follow the signs to the Gare SNCF and Centre Ville and make your way to the Place de la Victoire.
Ask the driver to take you along Cours Aristide Briand, Cours d’Albret, Place Gambetta, Cours de l’Intendance, Place de la Comédie, Cours 30 Juillet and Esplanade des Quinconces, where you start your Walking Tour (see map below). Fetch good maps of whole region and city from the Tourist office to give the group. Tell the driver to pick you up at the Cathedral one hour later depending on your schedule. If you are taking the TGV do not leave the Cathedral later than one and a half hours before the departure of your train.
Bordeaux Bus Drop Off at Esplanade des Quinconces:
The Walking Tour should include the Esplanade des Quinconces, Fontaine Gironde, the Grand Theatre, rue Sainte Catherine, Place du Parlement, La Bourse, The Water Mirror, the Quai of the Garonne, Eglise St Pierre, Place St Projet and the Cathedral. If you have some spare time it is worth doing a detour via the Porte Cailhau and the Grosse Cloche and giving them some free time in the rue Sainte Catherine, the busy pedestrian street of Bordeaux. There is a lot to visit so you need to keep the group moving.
Remember that Bordeaux is a big city and be sure that nobody gets lost, especially if you have a train to catch!