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Aquitaine

Things to see in Aquitaine

61 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A high-angle panoramic view of a sunlit, cobblestoned town square (Place du Marché) in Saint-Émilion, featuring outdoor café seating, a large central tree, and surrounding medieval stone buildings with terracotta roofs.

Saint-emilion · Churches

Monolithic Church of Saint-Émilion

12th-century monolithic church carved from rock
AI-generated illustration of Bordeaux Wine Museum (Musée du Vin et du Négoce)

Bordeaux · Food & Wine

Bordeaux Wine Museum (Musée du Vin et du Négoce)

18th-century merchant house with guided wine tastings
The interior of a church featuring a large wooden pipe organ on a balcony, stone arches, and pews.

Biarritz · Historic Architecture

Église Saint-Esprit

Modernist church in Biarritz
A close-up photograph of an ancient stone relief sculpture, likely a capital or architectural fragment, featuring carved figures in classical attire and inscriptions at the base, displayed on a white pedestal against a muted green wall.

Poitiers · Historic Architecture

Musée Sainte-Croix

Poitiers' largest museum of regional archaeology
A fishmonger's stall inside a covered market, featuring fresh seafood on ice under blue heat lamps, with a sign reading "POISSONNERIE" and another partially visible sign saying "Les Délices de...".

Bordeaux · City Centers

Capucins Market

Historic 1749 indoor market known as Bordeaux's belly
The Gave de Pau river flowing past autumn trees in Pau

Pau · Nature & Parks

Gave de Pau Riverbanks

Scenic riverbanks along the Pyrenean Gave de Pau
AI-generated illustration of Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Biarritz

Biarritz · Churches

Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Biarritz

Biarritz history museum in St Andrews Church
The cloister garden of the Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord

Perigueux · Historic Architecture

Musée du Périgord

Oldest Dordogne museum with France's 4th largest prehisto...
A stone ruin with three large Gothic arches stands behind rows of grapevines, with a sign in the foreground reading "CHATEAU LES GRANDES MURAILLES Grand Cru Classé".

Saint-emilion · Food & Wine

Vineyards of Saint-Émilion

UNESCO-listed medieval town and renowned Bordeaux wine re...
Maison Dagourette on the Nive quay, home of the Musée Basque in Bayonne

Bayonne · Architectural Landmarks

Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Bayonne

Basque culture and Bayonne history in a 16th-century mansion
A high-angle view from the crest of a massive sand dune looking down its slope, with footprints in the foreground, a dense forest to the left, and the ocean to the right under a clear blue sky.

Arcachon · Coastal & Maritime

The Dune of Pilat

Europe's highest sand dune in Arcachon
A street-level view of a classical stone building facade featuring three ground-floor storefronts (WEILL, Mac Douglas, apm MONACO) and upper floors with arched windows and wrought-iron balconies.

Bordeaux · Historic Architecture

Cours de l'Intendance

Historic 18th-century boulevard in Bordeaux