Bordeaux Trip Overview
Explore UNESCO–listed Bordeaux in style and discover top attractions with ease on this 2-hour Segway tour. Follow your own guide through the streets of Bordeaux by Segway and take in sites of interest including 11th-century Bordeaux Cathedral, Place de la Comédie, and Place des Quinconces. Spin along the banks of the Garonne River and admire sweeping views over the bridges that span the waterway. Along the way, listen as your guide brings Bordeaux’s colorful past to life.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Bordeaux, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Explore UNESCO–listed Bordeaux in style and discover top attractions with ease on this 2-hour Segway tour. Follow your own guide through the streets of Bordeaux by Segway and take in sites of interest including 11th-century Bordeaux Cathedral, Place de la Comédie, and Place des Quinconces. Spin along the banks of the Garonne River and admire sweeping views over the bridges that span the waterway. Along the way, listen as your guide brings Bordeaux’s colorful past to life.
Highlights
Glide through Bordeaux’s historic city center with your own guide.
Admire the urban architectural sprawl of the Garonne River, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
See top Bordeaux attractions such as Bordeaux Cathedral, Place des Quinconces, Rue Sainte-Catherine and Place de la Comédie.
Departure every 30 min.
What You Can Expect
Learn about the history of Porte Cailhau on your segway.
Meet your guide in Bordeaux to get a quick introduction on using your segway. Get outfitted with a helmet and ride our comfortable and performant segway for a nice stroll in the city. Once you are comfortable on the machine, the 2-hour tour of Bordeaux begins. Listen as your guide provides historical context for the sights of Bordeaux, which is on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.
Follow your guide to discovers the main monuments and attractions in Bordeaux, La Grosse Cloche, Rue Sainte-Catherine, and then to the Bordeaux Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux). It’s here where the wedding between Eleanor of Aquitaine and the future King Louis VII took place in 1137.
Ride to Place de la Comédie. Here, the imposing Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux is the highlight, surrounded by places to shop and dine and simply relax and then to Place des Quinconces, one of Europe’s largest public squares.
Head for the Garonne River and ride along the ancient waterfront, lined with buildings and monuments that mark the passage of time in the city.
Take a break from riding the segway to hear more about this significant place and snap some photographs. The tour concludes back at the starting point after two hours.
