Day-by-day eating plans for Bordeaux. weekend classics, family routes, vegan plans, on-a-budget editions.

Day-by-day plans

Bordeaux weekend: wine, oysters and the bistros ★ 4.7

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A weekend built around Bordeaux's three pillars: Aquitaine oysters at Capucins, a vineyard lunch at the Chartrons, and the canonical Bordelais bistros around Saint-Pierre. With one Michelin dinner if you book early enough.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: market mornings, bistro lunch, natural-wine dinner

    Morning
    Marche des Capucins at 09:30. Buy a canele at Baillardran on the way, eat half-dozen oysters and a glass of Entre-deux-Mers at Chez Jean-Mi.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at La Tupina, 13:00. Tricandilles by the fire, entrecote a la bordelaise, half a bottle of Saint-Julien.
    Evening
    Wine bar at Soif from 19:30, then dinner at Soif on the natural-wine menu.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: market quays, seafood lunch, brasserie dinner

    Morning
    Cassonade under the Grosse Cloche at 10:00 for canele and a coffee, then walk to Marche des Quais on Quai des Chartrons. Eat oysters and Sauternes at the Sunday riverside tables.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Le Petit Commerce, 13:00. Atlantic oysters, grilled sardines and half a litre of Pessac white on the cobbled terrace of Rue du Parlement Saint-Pierre.
    Evening
    Dinner at La Brasserie Bordelaise, 20:30. Entrecote a la bordelaise with the marrow bone, a glass of Pauillac and the cellar tour if you ask the maitre d'hotel.

Bordeaux wine trip: three days, three regions ★ 4.8

Wine traveller, three days3 days

A wine-led three-day plan covering the Bordeaux city centre on day one, Saint-Emilion right bank on day two and Medoc left bank on day three. With anchor lunches at the canonical Bordeaux tables along the way.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Bordeaux city core, Chartrons negociants

    Morning
    Cite du Vin at 10:00 for the Bordeaux wine timeline and the Belvedere tasting. Walk through Bacalan to Les Halles de Bacalan for a quick lunch board.
    Afternoon
    Bar a Vin du CIVB tasting flight at 14:30. Three reds, two whites, half-hour walk-through with the sommelier.
    Evening
    Dinner at Tentazioni, 20:00. Sardinian-leaning Michelin tasting menu paired with Italian whites.

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Saint-Emilion right bank

    Morning
    Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saint-Emilion at 09:00. Walk the medieval village, the monolithic church and the limestone caves.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Logis de la Cadene, 12:30. Aquitaine produce tasting menu with the cellar's Saint-Emilion grand crus.
    Evening
    Train back to Bordeaux, late dinner at Cafe du Port in the Bastide. Plateau de fruits de mer, half-bottle of Sauternes for dessert.

  3. Day 3: Day 3: Medoc left bank chateaux tour

    Morning
    Ophorus Medoc full-day tour pickup at 09:30 from the office on Cours du 30 Juillet. Margaux and Saint-Julien classified-growth tastings.
    Afternoon
    Pauillac lunch break, then Pauillac tasting at a Cru Classe and a stop at Mouton Rothschild's chai.
    Evening
    Late dinner at La Brasserie Bordelaise, 21:00. Entrecote a la bordelaise, a glass of Pauillac to close the wine day.

Bordeaux on a budget: two days, under EUR 30 a meal ★ 4.4

Budget traveller, two days2 days

A two-day plan that proves you can eat properly in Bordeaux on cheap-eats budgets: oysters at the market, kebab on Cours de la Marne, falafel at Saint-Michel, and a Pessac-Leognan by the glass from the Bar a Vin council.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Capucins to Saint-Pierre

    Morning
    Marche des Capucins at 09:00. Two canele at Baillardran, then half-dozen oysters at Chez Jean-Mi for EUR 12.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Fufu, 12:30. Tonkotsu ramen at EUR 15 with a beer at the bar.
    Evening
    Apero flight at Bar a Vin du CIVB at 19:00. Three glasses for under EUR 18.

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Saint-Michel to Bacalan

    Morning
    Sunday Marche des Quais at 10:00 for the riverside producer scene; eat oysters at the open-air tables.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Magasin General inside the Darwin ecosysteme, 13:00. EUR 13 plate of the day from the bio bistro-refectory, eat on the semi-open hall benches.
    Evening
    Halles de Bacalan apero board at 19:00. Oysters, cheese, charcuterie and a glass of Pessac, EUR 17.

Bordeaux coffee and canele day ★ 4.3

Coffee and pastry enthusiast, one day1 day

A day on Bordeaux's third-wave coffee corridor and the canele bakery row: Black List Cafe morning, Baillardran canele stop, Kuro Espresso Bar lunchtime closer.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Black List to Kuro Espresso

    Morning
    Open at Black List Cafe in central Bordeaux at 09:00 for a single-origin pour-over and a viennoiserie. Walk to Baillardran on Cours de l'Intendance for the canele bordelais (the original 1988 boutique).
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Cafe Tupina for a light Gascon plate. Pastry stop at La Toque Cuivree for a second canele comparison.
    Evening
    Close at Kuro Espresso Bar past 16:00 for a final espresso and a Cassonade pastry to finish.

Bordeaux wine bar evening: Right Bank to Left Bank flight ★ 4.4

Wine drinker, one evening1 day

An evening on Bordeaux's wine bar map: a comparative Médoc and Saint-Émilion flight at Bar à Vin du CIVB, dinner glass at Soif and a closer at Aux Quatre Coins du Vin.

  1. Day 1: Evening: Bar à Vin to Aux Quatre Coins

    Morning
    Free afternoon at the Cité du Vin or the Place de la Bourse mirror pool.
    Afternoon
    Pre-dinner flight at Bar à Vin du CIVB on Cours du 30 Juillet from 17:30: comparative Médoc, Pessac and Saint-Émilion glasses at the conseil-recommended bar.
    Evening
    Dinner and a natural-wine pour at Soif on rue du Cancera, then a late glass at Aux Quatre Coins du Vin past 22:30.
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