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• What Remains Today of La Cité Lumineuse?

  

  For more than 35 years, arguably the most prominent of Bordeaux’s waterfront buildings was to be found in the Bacalan district to the north of the city. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• This Used to Be a Parking Lot: Bordeaux’s First Miyawaki Mini-forest is Taking...

  

  Taking the lead from the cities of Paris and Toulouse, Bordeaux has joined what is a pan-European trend in converting a small plot of inner-city land into a... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bringing 'Chaban De Bordeaux' Back to the Modern-day City

  

  [CLIQUEZ ICI POUR DÉCOUVRIR CE DOSSIER EN FRANÇAIS]Some time ago I picked up a book called 'Chaban de Bordeaux' for a token euro in the Quai des Livres bookstor... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Musical Interlude] A Little Bit of Invisible Bordeaux in the Latest E.P....

  

  As loyal readers will know, in recent months my musical project Slowrush has possibly taken precedence over Invisible Bordeaux in terms of time and energy... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The 10k Radius Cycling Challenge

  

  Lockdowns, eh? One of the defining responses to the constraints imposed on citizens to curb the spread of Covid-19 has been to at least make the most of what... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Parc De l’Ermitage Sainte-Catherine: the Quarry That Became a Hilly Park with a...

  

  It has taken Invisible Bordeaux a long time to check out Lormont’s Parc de l’Ermitage Sainte-Catherine, but that day finally a few weeks ago. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Parc Ausone, Delivering Fresh Air, Greenery and Art to Bruges (except on Mondays)

  

  Parc Ausone, to be found in the suburb of Bruges, is a recent addition to the local landscape and provides an unusual combination of woodland paths, play... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Bordeaux Tram Network Viewed from a Plane

  

  This concise post was inspired by a Twitter publication showing an aerial view of London that also displayed the actual path of the Underground network. I... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spot the Blog in the 2021 Petit Futé Bordeaux 'citybook'!

  

  If you’re familiar with guidebooks to the cities of France, you’ll know all about Le Petit Futé, which produces a benchmark series of annual publications... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Ten Modern-day Mysteries of Bordeaux

  

  We like to think of mysteries surrounding a city such as Bordeaux as being very much associated with the past, but thankfully there are also many modern-day... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Invisible Bordeaux Tips Featured in the Latest 'Bordeaux Moments' Magazine!

  

  Invisible Bordeaux is proud to have made a repeat appearance in the latest issue of Bordeaux Moments, Bordeaux Tourism's most excellent quarterly bilingual... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Following the 'green Line' from Place Ravezies to Le Bouscat Via Bruges

  

  Place Ravezies is one of the main entry points into Bordeaux proper and has long since been a public transport hub. Until 2012 it was also the location of... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Day 50,000 Lined the Streets of Bordeaux to Honour the City’s Archbishop,...

  

  Invisible Bordeaux recently picked up a series of postcards showing different stages of a funeral procession through the streets of the city centre in the... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Introducing Bordeaux Métropole’s Rather Lovely Local Heritage Card Games

  

  Invisible Bordeaux was one of a number of local structures and players who contributed to an innovative project focused on heritage in the area conducted this... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Gironde Estuary Hovercraft Story and the Pauillac Connection

  

  An interesting post recently published on social media included a 1970s clip of a hovercraft criss-crossing the Gironde estuary between Lamarque and Blaye, on... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Touring the Inaugural Bassins De Lumières Exhibition

  

  Arguably the biggest news on the Bordeaux cultural scene in this other-worldly year has been the rebirth of the city’s submarine base exhibition venue as a... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Musical Interlude] Introducing Slowrush and The Parallel World E.P.

  

  As you may have noticed if you're a regular reader, the Invisible Bordeaux blog has been a fairly dormant beast lately. But there's a good reason for the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fontaine Saint-Jean: the Miraculous Spring in Le Teich Which Has Run Dry

  

  Hidden away in the woods not far from the banks of the river Leyre, in the hamlet of Lamothe just to the east of Le Teich, is the small and somewhat mysterious... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Final Set of Lockdown Period Random Archive Photos (41>47)

  

  The lockdown period in France has come to a timid end, so the series of archive photos Invisible Bordeaux was publishing daily on Instagram and Twitter is now... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lockdown Period Random Archive Photos 31>40

  

  If you're still following closely, you'll be aware of the fact that throughout the lockdown period, over on Instagram and Twitter, Invisible Bordeaux has been... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL