Natural features
Dune du Pilat
La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde
Europe's tallest sand dune, about 100 m high and nearly 3 km long, between the Atlantic Ocean and a pine forest at the entrance to the Arcachon Bay.
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Historic sites
Monolithic Church, Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion, Gironde
The largest underground church in Europe, carved out of the solid limestone hill beneath Saint-Émilion in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Historic sites
Place de la Bourse and Miroir d'eau, Bordeaux
Bordeaux, Gironde
Bordeaux's grand 18th-century Place de la Bourse faces the Garonne river, and in front of it the Miroir d'eau, the world's largest reflecting pool, a…
Historic sites
Saint-Émilion village and vineyards
Saint-Émilion, Gironde
A medieval hilltop village of honey-coloured stone and steep cobbled lanes, surrounded by some of the world's most famous vineyards, a UNESCO World H…
Historic sites
Abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure
La Sauve, Gironde
The romantic ruins of a Benedictine abbey founded in 1079 in the vineyards of the Entre-deux-Mers, on the route to Santiago de Compostela.
Historic sites
Château de Cadillac
Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde
A grand early 17th-century château built for the Duke of Épernon, a favourite of Henri III, in the walled town of Cadillac on the Garonne.
Historic sites
Grotte de Pair-non-Pair
Marcamps, Gironde
A small decorated cave near Bourg in the Gironde, with engravings of horses, ibex and mammoths around 30,000 years old, among the oldest cave art in …
Buildings
Tour Pey-Berland, Bordeaux
Bordeaux, Gironde
The free-standing bell tower of Bordeaux's Saint-André Cathedral, built in the 15th century apart from the church so its bells would not shake the bu…