The city of Bordeaux lies in the middle of France's largest wine-growing region. At its heart is an elegant, rectangular plaza laid out in 1820. Luxury shops gravitate toward its center and to the northwest is the Gothic Cathédrale St-André (1170). The old city, with its twisting medieval streets and Renaissance houses painted in Bordeaux reds, oranges, and ochers, lies within the 17th-century ramparts that form a semi-circle around the harbor.
Including Bordeaux Cathedral, Miroir d'eau (Reflecting Pool), Great bell of Bordeaux, Quinconces Square, Porte Cailhau, Church Of Notre Dame, Basilica of St. Michael, Cité du Vin (Wine Museum), Place de la Bourse, Tour Pey-Berland, Jardin Public, Place du Parlement, Basilica of Saint Severinus, Grand Theatre, St. Catherine Street, Église Saint-Pierre de Bordeaux, Pont de pierre, CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux (Palais Rohan), Hôtel de la Marine, Skatepark Le Hangar Darwin, Marché des Capucins Market, Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge, Musée d'Aquitaine, Jardin botanique de Bordeaux and many more sightseeing highlights of Bordeaux.