A white stone polar bear stands guard atop the entrance to the shop on Rue Notre Dame. This sculpture marks the storefront for an antiquities business that has occupied the space for decades. The shop specializes in eighteenth and…
Antique Hunting in Chartrons
This stroll down the bohemian Rue Notre Dame takes you through dusty second-hand shops, mid-century galleries, and eclectic vintage boutiques in Bordeaux's historic antique quarter.
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1. L'Ours Blanc Bordeaux Antiquités
2. Le Passage Notre-Dame
Le Passage Notre-Dame features a distinctive arched stone entrance tucked between the tall, narrow facades of the Chartrons district. This narrow pedestrian corridor dates back to the early nineteenth century, constructed to connect the…
3. Église Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons de Bordeaux
The twin spires of the Eglise Saint Louis des Chartrons reach sixty-four meters into the Bordeaux sky, their sharp, neo gothic profiles dominating the neighborhood. Built in the late nineteenth century, the church sits on the site of a…
4. Village Notre-Dame
The Village Notre-Dame is an enclosed courtyard of antique shops shielded from the street by a limestone archway. Built in the late nineteenth century as a complex for wine merchants, the site once housed barrels, bottles, and packing…
5. Pipat Antiquités
The front of Pipat Antiquités is crowded with tarnished silverware, heavy wooden clocks, and stacks of oil paintings leaning against one another. Jean Pipat opened this shop when the Chartrons district still functioned as the primary hub…
6. Le Chat Bleu Le Chat Chineur
The storefront of Le Chat Bleu Le Chat Chineur features a distinctive hand-painted blue facade that distinguishes it from the surrounding stone buildings in the Chartrons district. Inside, the space operates as a curated antique shop where…
7. Do you speak French?
The weathered wooden sign hanging above the entrance of Do you speak French? features a hand-painted teapot, marking the narrow storefront as a destination for tea enthusiasts rather than the wine-focused establishments common in this…