Bassins à Flot
Bassins à Flot features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Bordeaux. Give it roughly ~90 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type historic
- Suggested visit ~90 min
- Bordeaux Bordeaux guide
About Bassins à Flot
Bordeaux's regenerated docklands district, home to the Cité du Vin, a WWII submarine base turned arts venue, street art, and waterfront restaurants.
The Bassins à Flot district, the old floating docks north of Bordeaux's city centre, is the city's most dramatic ongoing urban transformation, a formerly derelict industrial waterfront that has been reinvented as one of the most vibrant new neighbourhoods in southwestern France. The anchor of the transformation is the spectacular Cité du Vin, but the area contains much more: La Base, a massive WWII German submarine pen that has been converted into a multi-purpose arts and concert venue; the Hangar Darwin nearby; street art by artists of international reputation; the Halles de Bacalan covered food market; and an increasingly sophisticated array of restaurants, wine bars, and cafés along the new waterfront promenades.
Did you know? La Base, the WWII German submarine bunker in Bassins à Flot, has walls up to 7 metres thick, Allied bombers attacked it repeatedly during the war and could not destroy it.
How long is a visit to Bassins à Flot?
Set aside roughly ~90 min for Bassins à Flot. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Bassins à Flot worth your time?
Bassins à Flot is among the 21 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Bordeaux, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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