Place de la Bourse – Bordeaux Water Mirror loop from Gironde

Place de la Bourse – Bordeaux Water Mirror loop from Gironde

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Place de la Bourse – Bordeaux Water Mirror loop from Gironde

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18.0km

40m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.42 km for 92 m

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Bus stop

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6.45 km

Place de la Bourse

Highlight • Monument

More pictures of this place can be found under the hiking highlight of the same name,

see => komoot.com/de-de/highlight/4024666

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6.59 km

Bordeaux Water Mirror

Highlight • Monument

Created by Jean-Max Llorca in 2006, the water mirror is a Bordeaux monument which is located on the quays opposite the Place de la Bourse. Its 3,450 m2 make it the largest water mirror in the world.

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7.96 km

Caserne B - Bar in the Old Fire Station

Highlight • Other

9.93 km

The Lion and Stalingrad Square

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Formerly Place du Pont, then Place Napoléon in 1843, the mayor of Cenon (at the time, La Bastide had not yet been annexed by Bordeaux) wanted to pay homage to the Emperor, to whom we owe the stone bridge. It became Place du Pont again in 1870. In 1946, Place du Lion was renamed Stalingrad, in memory of the decisive Soviet victory over the Germans, at the cost of terrible fighting in 1942-1943.
Initially, it was intended to be monumental. Designed by the architect Claude Deschamps, it was difficult to build. Planned to be round, it was ultimately rectangular, filled in and leveled only in 1840. Of the uniform houses that were to line it, only those framing the beginning of Avenue Thiers remain. Over the years, a square was created there, surrounded by railings. The highly attractive square hosted a flower market on Thursdays, then, around 1860, a food market, and was also home to the popular Alcazar café-concert.
In the 20th century, the reign of the automobile brought about a further transformation: from a living and meeting place, the square became a bus station for all buses on the right bank. This was until the renovation carried out at the very beginning of the 21st century by architects Brochet, Lajus, Pueyo, and Fortier, to accommodate the return of the tram in 2003. This was accompanied by the installation in 2005 of the famous Giant Lion, designed by Lyon-based visual artist Xavier Veilhan.
The statue is part of the public commission placed by the CUB (Bordeaux Urban Community, now Bordeaux Métropole) for works of art intended to enrich the municipalities of the Bordeaux metropolitan area crossed by the new tramway. The soft blue of the sculpture, visible from the other side, blends, depending on the viewing angle, with the color of the sky. Cast in resin on a metal frame, like a large toy, Veilhan's great beast parodies the tradition of commemorative monuments - the lions of Belfort or the Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris - but celebrates nothing in particular. On the other hand, it signals the new identity of the square, affirming contemporary art in the city, in a former industrial and working-class district, redeveloped after having been abandoned for a long time.

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9.98 km

The Blue Lion of Bordeaux

Highlight • Monument

This sculpture was created in 2005 by Xavier Veilhan. Cut with a billhook from a block of polyurethane, it measures six meters high, eight meters long and three meters wide.

As usual with this type of artistic manifestation, it has fans and detractors because of (or thanks to) the contrast between the architectural style of its environment.

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10.8 km

Bicycle Service Station with Pump

Highlight • Rest Area

13.9 km

Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge

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Magnificent bridge connecting Bacalan to the Brazza quays. It was completed at the end of 2012 and made traffic in Bordeaux more fluid. It offers a magnificent walk between the right bank and the left bank, making a loop of just under seven kilometers between the Pierre bridge and the Chaban-Delmas bridge. It's quite impressive to see it open and close. It’s clearly a must!

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