In a trip of beautiful places Bordeaux ranks up there, some far sighted city fathers in the 1700’s built many buildings with wide avenues and trees to create an elegant place to live. As I said on facebook I’d live there…..!
In the dark days of the occupation in WWII an Italian submarine flotilla was based here until their change of sides and the German U-Boats took over. The base is still there and even the numbers above each pen are still visible, one of those erie places when you think of the history.
On the river they have a huge opening bridge, tall enough to allow cruise ships to dock and disgorge hundreds of tourist ! but of course they are only there during the day and miss the buzzy nightime atmosphere. There are several other bridges including the Peter Bridge !
The collection of buildings known as the Bourse has a reflective fountain in front and gives a brilliant night time view.
Bordeaux Cathedral
Day view of the Bourse
Opening Bridge
Many tourists
Submarine Pens
Even the numbers are still there -Twelve pens in all.
City with trams, great way to get around
Peter Bridge
Bourse at Night