Mercure Bordeaux Lac

Bordeaux on foot n ° 12- FFRP - 2013 Geographic and geological note The artificial lake has an area of 160 ha, and the floral park of 3 ha. Two thousand hectares of swamps have been drained to develop the Bordeaux-Lac district. Historical Note The district was built at the instigation of the mayor Jacques Chaban-Delmas, from 1958, with an urban plan including an area for the international fair, a residential area and a recreation area. At the start of the 21st century, new projects emerged:...

Designed in 1992, on the occasion of the first “International Floralies of Bordeaux”, the Parc Floral extends over 33 hectares north of Bordeaux, on the shores of the lake. We find there: a collection of herbaceous or shrub peonies (65 varieties), magnolias, irises (180 varieties on one hectare), rhododendrons (150 varieties). A 5000 m² rose garden where the rose tells its story from Antiquity to the present day (479 varieties of old, modern or English roses). But also a mountain stream and...

This hike is located in Bordeaux Lac and starts at the Vélodrome and Matmut-Atlantique car park. The route passes through the Vélodrome, the Parc Floral, the Bois de Bordeaux and the Plaine des Sports, among others, before returning to the starting point.

This hike starts near the "Centre de formation du Lac" bus stop and the Parc Denis et Eugène Bülher, in Bordeaux Lac. The route passes, among other things, by the Plage du Lac and circles the lake by taking the pedestrian and cycling footbridge. The Lake of Bordeaux was previously a swamp. Dried up in the 1960s, it now offers many urban leisure activities, including the Plage du Lac, which has been open to the public since 1990.

This wood is managed according to the recommendations of the Scientific Committee of Bordeaux Wood, which brings together various experts in nature conservation. As a result of this conservation work, a turtle protected at the European level lives among the ponds. It is the cistude of Europe that you will undoubtedly see during a walk through the clearings and the undergrowth.