The Espace Darwin is a multicultural place hosting companies, associations, restaurants, a grocery store, a sports complex (skate-park, bike-polo field...) and workspaces.
This former disused barracks on the right bank of Bordeaux is now a must-see place for people passing through the city.
You will also find in the central alley a very large Emmaüs, where you can hunt for secondhand stuff. (Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 6pm)
The Darwin space regularly offers animations: concerts, parties, sports competitions, projections, exhibitions...
A very nice bookstore is also accessible in the central aisle. You will find a large number of books in French but also in foreign languages. (Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 6pm)
Darwin wanted to create an innovative space, while respecting the history of the place. This ecosystem of companies, dedicated to sustainable development, innovation and ecological transition welcomes a large number of visitors every year, and their bet to transform this place is well succeeded. We strongly advise you to discover this extraordinary place.
Access to the Darwin Eco-system is free. Drinks at the bar/restaurant are very affordable and the setting is very nice.
The access to the skate-park is 5€ for the day.
Espace Darwin
87 Quai des Queyries
33 100 Bordeaux
Bus n°45, 50, 91 and 92 stop Hortense
Streetcar A stop jardin botanique (then 15mn walk)
Mama shelter offers a restaurant, a bar, a rooftop and hotel rooms in the center of Bordeaux.
The rooftop offers a panoramic view of the city. Close to the Pey Berland cathedral, this place offers us an incredible landscape, to be enjoyed with a cocktail, wine or oysters.
Beyond being a simple restaurant, the place offers activities such as events, brunch, table soccer, ping-pong tables, creating a place of life, meetings and parties in its own right.
On the menu, Mama shelter offers a wide variety of dishes. You can find tapas or dishes to share, perfect for an aperitif with friends, a wide choice of pizzas and pastas as well as a brunch formula on Sundays.
From Monday to Wednesday: 11am-1am
From Thursday to Saturday: 11am-00am (rooftop) 7pm-2am (indoor bar)
Sunday: 11am-00am
The prices are quite varied. You will find very cheap drinks as well as food. Cocktails and dishes are a bit more expensive. You will find their complete menu on their website.
Mama Shelter Bordeaux
19 rue Poquelin Molière
33 000 Bordeaux
Streetcar B stop Gambetta - Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
The MÉCA hosts the Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine-MÉCA (Fonds régional d'art contemporain) and two regional cultural agencies
Their objective is to generate creative hybridization and to become a tool to accompany the new cultural economies, a true hub for regional artistic creation.
Open to the public, the Méca offers interactions and encounters to the inhabitants of the district and the city, and to national and international visitors.
The Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, whose public service missions include the dissemination of contemporary art, will offer 3 to 4 major exhibitions each year in addition to its many innovative mediation activities with various audiences (schools, hospitals, media libraries, etc.). The cultural agencies OARA and ALCA will propose regular meetings with the public such as screenings or residency outings.
The CREM, a café-restaurant within the Méca, is a convivial place that will offer you a seasonal eco-responsible cuisine:
Monday to Wednesday from 7:30 am to 8 pm,
from Thursday to Saturday from 7:30 am to 10:30 pm
and the first Sunday of the month from 10am to 6:30pm.
Numerous paintings, photographs and sculptures are presented by the Fonds régional d'art contemporain and exhibited in an airy space located on the last three floors of the creation hub that is the Meca.
The Méca
Parvis Corto Maltese
Quai de Paludate
33 000 Bordeaux
Streetcar C and D stop Gare Saint-Jean
Bus n° 1, 9, 10, 11 and 31 stop Gare Saint-Jean
In a northern district of the left bank of Bordeaux, this artistic project is linked to the workshop of Jean-François Buisson, sculptor of monumental pieces. The artists can come there in residence. This place offers us access to numerous exhibitions and events within a large 18th century architectural complex classified as a historical monument.
Les vivres de l'art brings together young and not so young people, in joy and good humor, in a setting with a false air of a Berlin squat.
Open every day
Most of the organized aperitifs are free. Concerts are not more than 5€.
Les vivres de l'art
4 rue Achard
Place Victor Raulin
33300 Bordeaux
Streetcar B stop Rue Achard
It is the largest independent bookstore in France! You will be able to find absolutely everything you are looking for in this store, in any language you want! The bookstore is divided into 15 spaces, each with its own speciality (humanities, graphic novels, music...) It also has a music store and a gallery.
Also a publishing house, you will find a good number of books published by Mollat.
The bookshop also has a cultural place: the Ausone Station. Located just behind the bookshop, this place is dedicated to meetings with the authors who make the editorial current events. Conferences are very often organized and broadcasted live on their Youtube channel.
The bookstore is open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 7pm and Sundays from 2pm to 7pm.
You will find any price range in the bookshop. The conferences are free.
Access to the exhibition at the Musée d'Aquitaine will cost you 5€.
Mollat bookstore
15 rue Vital Carles
33000 Bordeaux
Streetcar B stop Gambetta - Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
Bus n° 2, 3, 4, 5 and 15 stop Gambetta
Ausone station
8 rue de la Vieille Tour
33000 Bordeaux
Museum of Aquitaine
20 Cr Pasteur
33000 Bordeaux
Streetcar B stop Musée d'Aquitaine
Or 15mn on foot from the Mollat bookstore
How to talk about Bordeaux without talking about wine?
This museum is entirely dedicated to wine and is a must-see during your visit to Bordeaux.
It offers a permanent tour, lasting nearly 2 hours, which will take you through twenty different areas. This tour invites you to a journey to the heart of the great history of wine.
This experience will make you discover how this universal heritage has inspired people and shaped their lives and their territory for thousands of years.
The place also offers a restaurant, a bar as well as various stores and outdoor spaces...
Reduced price for the permanent tour: 16€ (including a glass of wine at the Belvedere)
La Cité du vin
134 quai de Bacalan
33300 Bordeaux
Metro B stop La cité du vin
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