A different way to discover Bordeaux

Time Travel in Bordeaux

Travel through more than 2,000 years of Bordeaux history, from Roman Burdigala to the city we know today.

Written for travellers who want to understand the city beyond its monuments, Time Travel in Bordeaux brings Bordeaux’s past to life through stories, historical characters and original illustrations.

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BORDEAUX HAS A STORY TO TELL

What if you could travel through time?

Bordeaux is much more than wine, elegant façades and beautiful squares. Beneath the city you see today lies more than two millennia of extraordinary history.

Romans built Burdigala. English kings ruled Aquitaine. Merchants transformed the port. Wine shaped fortunes, revolutions changed society and generations of Bordelais continuously reinvented their city.

Time Travel in Bordeaux was created to make that story accessible to everyone — especially curious travellers who would rather understand Bordeaux than simply tick monuments off a list.

INSIDE THE BOOK

Step into Bordeaux’s past

Original illustrations accompany the journey and help bring lost places, characters and moments of Bordeaux history back to life.

Historical illustration of Roman Bordeaux — Roman Burdigala

Historical illustration of medieval Bordeaux — Medieval Bordeaux

Historical illustration of Bordeaux's Golden Age — Bordeaux’s Golden Age

NOT YOUR USUAL HISTORY BOOK

A history of Bordeaux made for travellers

Understand the city

Discover why Bordeaux looks the way it does today and how centuries of trade, politics and wine shaped its streets.

Meet the people

Romans, kings, merchants, revolutionaries and other characters who played a part in Bordeaux’s extraordinary story.

Travel through time

Follow Bordeaux chronologically and see familiar places transform from one historical period to another.

“The best way to discover a city is not only to see it, but to understand the stories that made it.”

Julie, author of Time Travel in Bordeaux

MEET THE AUTHOR

Written in Bordeaux, for people who want to discover Bordeaux

Julie is a Bordeaux guide and passionate storyteller. Through years of introducing international visitors to the city, she discovered that the same questions kept coming back:

Why is Bordeaux like this? Who built it? Who lived here? And how did wine become such an important part of its history?

Time Travel in Bordeaux grew out of those conversations. It is an invitation to discover the history behind the streets, monuments and stories travellers encounter while exploring the city.

COMING TO BORDEAUX?

Continue the journey in the streets of Bordeaux

The book tells the story. Our walking experiences let you stand where it happened.

Join Julie or Fabien for a small-group walking experience through Bordeaux’s historic centre and discover hidden streets, local stories and more than 2,000 years of history.

Discover our walking experience

READY TO TIME TRAVEL?

Discover the Bordeaux behind the façades.

Take the story of Bordeaux home with you — or start exploring before you even arrive.

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