Bordeaux : UNESCO World Heritage

The City of Bordeaux and the Port of the Moon are registered since June 2007.

The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in South-West France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris.

It is also recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and culture.

The City of Bordeaux has 347 listed buildings, referred to the law of 31 December 1913. The historic town is protected by the “Plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur” (PSMV), approved in 1988 and revised in 1998 and 2002. A buffer zone has been established. Management structures for the protection and conservation of the nominated property include the shared responsibilities of national, regional and local governments. Interventions on buildings declared Monuments historiques (classés) must have the support of the Ministry for Culture. Several plans ensure the management and conservation of the property and take into account the following aspects : preserving the historic and heritage character, allowing the controlled evolution of the historic centre, unifying the various planning rules and contributing to the international significance of metropolitan Bordeaux.

To discover all the treasures of the city, many conducted tours are organized such as :

- Unesco : Bordeaux World Heritage

From February to March you would enjoy the commented visit of the city and its monuments registered as Unesco World Heritage since June 2007. The tourist information office proposes you to discover it in a cabriolet bus every Saturday evening.

- Castles and Terroir : the great vineyards of Bordeaux

Discover vineyards, with a different AOC on Wednesday and Saturday. (For Saint Emilion, : visit of a Château and of the medieval city.)

Blaye/Bourg - Bordeaux/Entre-Deux-Mers - Saint Emilion - Médoc - Graves/Sauternes

To have more visits and informations, contact directly the tourist information office.