Where Wine, Stone & River Write History
Before Paris was fashionable, before the Eiffel Tower was even imagined — there was Burdigala.
A Roman port city that became the wine capital of the world, a city where Eleanor of Aquitaine changed the fate of two kingdoms,
and where 18th-century merchants built a golden crescent along the Garonne so magnificent that UNESCO protected the entire city center.
Your mission: uncover its secrets, one riddle at a time. Tap each stop to reveal its story, solve the riddle, and discover the hidden truth.
In 1495, Bordeaux raised a gate not to keep enemies out — but to celebrate a king’s triumph.
In 1137, a fifteen-year-old duchess married a future king inside these walls. Her story would reshape Europe.
Most cathedrals attach their bell tower. Bordeaux built theirs separately — and for good reason.
A theater so perfect that a century later, Paris copied it for its opera house.
In 2006, Bordeaux added the world’s largest reflecting pool to its most beautiful square.
Where a medieval fortress once stood, revolutionaries built the largest open square in Europe.
For centuries, one bell controlled when every grape in Bordeaux could be picked.
For 2,000 years, no one could build a permanent bridge over the Garonne at Bordeaux. Then Napoleon demanded one.
In 2016, Bordeaux opened a museum that treats wine the way the Louvre treats art.
A formal French garden reimagined in the English style — Bordeaux’s green soul since 1746.
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