Cours Xavier Arnozan is defined by the rows of eighteenth-century mansions lining its length, marked by elaborate wrought-iron balconies that project over the pavement. This street historically served as the strategic hub for Bordeaux’s…
Chartrons Wine Trade Walk
Walk through Bordeaux's historic wine trading district to see the grand merchant mansions, old barrel warehouses, and riverfront docks that built the city's global wine empire.
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1. Cours Xavier Arnozan
2. CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux
The CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux occupies the Entrepôt Lainé, a massive, heritage-listed warehouse built in eighteen twenty-four. You can identify the structure by its heavy, industrial scale and the two grand naves that run…
3. Temple des Chartrons
The Temple des Chartrons features a neoclassical façade defined by four tall Ionic columns and a triangular pediment. A stone bas-relief depicting an open Bible resting upon clouds is carved into that pediment. The architect Armand…
4. Église Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons de Bordeaux
The Church of Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is defined by two fifty-eight-meter-high spires that rise above the surrounding neighborhood skyline. This neo-Gothic building was constructed between eighteen seventy-four and eighteen eighty,…
5. Halle des Chartrons
The Halle des Chartrons is recognizable by its central stone pavilion, which is encircled by a wide gallery of glass and metal supported by small Corinthian columns. This structure sits on the site of a former Carmelite monastery, where…
6. Musée du Vin et du Négoce de Bordeaux
The Musée du Vin et du Négoce de Bordeaux occupies an eighteen-century stone merchant house that is easily identified by its imposing facade at number forty-one Rue Borie. This building once served as the home and headquarters for the…
7. Quai des Chartrons
The Quai des Chartrons is defined by its long, unbroken line of grand eighteenth-century stone facades facing the Garonne River. These buildings, with their wide, arched doorways designed to accommodate the movement of heavy wine barrels,…