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LATEST ARTICLES ( 326 )

• How Bordeaux is Acknowledging Its Slave Trade Past

  

  One of the first items to run on the Invisible Bordeaux blog after its launch eight years ago was focused on the bust portraying the Haitian leader Toussaint... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Aerial Views of Bordeaux from the 1950s-60s

  

  Invisible Bordeaux recently came across this nice set of aerial views of Bordeaux from the 1950s-60s, offering an unusual way of seeing Allées de Tourny, the... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Podcast #11 - Antoine Puentès on the History of Public Transport in Bordeaux

  

  The eleventh episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available! So please form an orderly queue ahead of immediate boarding for a trip... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Notre-Dame Des Flots, Lacanau-Océan’s Minimalist Place of Worship

  

  We are in Lacanau-Océan, on the Atlantic coast some sixty kilometres to the west of Bordeaux, and we are outside an angular building that could easily be... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Is the Cité Du Vin Really Any Good?

  

  OK, granted, this is not exactly typical Invisible Bordeaux material, given that since opening in 2016 the city’s wine museum has rapidly established itself as... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• La Pergola: Caudéran’s Art Deco Theatre and Multipurpose Complex

  

  We’re in Bordeaux's Caudéran district to see the 300-seater La Pergola, a theatre set in a complex that is a case study in 1930s art deco architecture and is... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Podcast #10 - Fleur Explore Bordeaux

  

  The tenth episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available and features Fleur, the independent tour guide and blogger whose local... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Exploring the Ruins of Abbaye De La Sauve-Majeure

  

  A few weeks ago I at long last got to visit one of the Bordeaux area’s most renowned UNESCO World Heritage sites: the ruins of Grande-Sauve Abbey, or Abbaye de... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Podcast in English - The 1959 Bordeaux Air Disaster

  

  Invisible Bordeaux has switched back into English for this latest podcast, which revisits the tragic story of that night in 1959 when a Transports Aériens... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gironde's Finest Water Towers

  

  So yeah, water towers don’t get much press, do they? They stand tall and proud above our villages, towns and cities, “at a height sufficient to pressurize a... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 2019 European Heritage Days: the Invisible Bordeaux Selection!

  

  It's that time of year again! The annual European Heritage Days will be upon us on September 21st and 22nd and, as always, in and around Bordeaux there are... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Podcast #8 - Jean-Pierre Gauffre (radio Personality, Writer, Actor and Director)

  

  The eighth episode of the monthly French-language Invisible Bordeaux features one of Gironde's most famous radio voices, that of Jean-Pierre Gauffre, who... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lodoïs Lataste’s Ode to Bordeaux (and Anthem to Mutuality)

  

  A few weeks ago I was once again out and about overlaying old postcards on the same modern-day views of Bordeaux. Among those pictures connecting the early... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Finding the Little Boy in the Old Photograph

  

  This story starts in the garden outhouse of a colleague, who earlier this year was doing some renovation work in the Bordeaux-Caudéran residence she moved into... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Stroll in the Ginko Eco-district

  

  In recent years, there has been much talk about the Ginko eco-district to the north of Bordeaux, a dense new-build residential area that aims to tick all the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Invisible Bordeaux Podcast #7 - Philippe Serra Takes Us Back to the Alhambra

  

  The seventh episode of the monthly French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available and is a serious case of time travelling with former musician... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Maison Gobineau, One of Bordeaux’s Earliest… Cinemas!

  

  One of Bordeaux’s most distinctive sights is Maison Gobineau, the triangular-shaped building at the southern tip of Allées de Tourny that many compare with New... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Invisible Bordeaux Podcast #6 - Jérôme Mabon Talks Bordeaux and the Movies

  

  The sixth episode of the monthly French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available and will take you into the wonderful world of Bordeaux at the movie... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Ghosts of the Tanaïs Château and Military Barracks in Blanquefort

  

  Château Tanaïs is a mysterious disused mansion that is located towards the north-western tip of Blanquefort, to the immediate north of Bordeaux. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Upcoming Shuman Show Dates in Bordeaux: June 14th and July 5th!

  

  There will soon be two new chances to enjoy Bordeaux performances of the Invisible Bordeaux live spin-off, the Shuman Show! Please therefore proceed in an... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL