Places to visit in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
8 places to visit in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Lascaux, Dune of Pilat, Futuroscope and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 3 Famous places to visit · 4 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1)
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Lascaux
A cave near Montignac whose walls and ceilings carry over 600 paintings of horses, deer, aurochs and other animals from the Upper Paleolithic. The original is closed to protect it, and visitors see the art in faithful replicas, the newest of them in a centre at the foot of the hill.
Famous places to visit in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (3)
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Dune of Pilat
The tallest sand dune in Europe, a great ridge of sand on the Arcachon Bay about 60 kilometres south west of Bordeaux. From the top the Atlantic stretches away on one side and a pine forest on the other, and the dune creeps slowly inland year by year.
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Futuroscope
A theme park near Poitiers built around film, multimedia and audiovisual technology. Its futuristic pavilions hold 3D and 4D cinemas, rides and shows, some of them found nowhere else in the world.
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Île de Ré
A flat island off La Rochelle, 30 kilometres long and five wide, joined to the mainland by a 2.9 kilometre bridge opened in 1988. Cycle paths run between salt marshes, oyster beds and whitewashed villages with green shutters.
Hidden gems in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (4)
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Cité du Vin
A museum of wine on the banks of the Garonne in Bordeaux, in a curving building meant to evoke wine swirling in a glass. Its exhibitions explore the history and cultures of wine around the world, and a lookout at the top gazes over the city.
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Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
An opera house fronted by a portico of twelve Corinthian columns, inaugurated on 17 April 1780 and still the home of Bordeaux's opera and ballet. The ballet La fille mal gardée had its premiere here in 1789.
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Miroir d'Eau
A reflecting pool of 3,450 square metres laid out in 2006 on the quay of the Garonne, in front of the Place de la Bourse. A thin sheet of water mirrors the palaces behind it, and every so often a cool mist rises from the stone for children to run through.
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Place de la Bourse
A grand square on the Garonne, built from 1730 to 1775 to designs by Jacques Gabriel and his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel. Its classical palaces open onto the river rather than enclosing a space, with the Three Graces fountain at the centre.
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What are the best places to visit in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?
LOQAH lists 8 places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The best known include Lascaux, Dune of Pilat, Futuroscope, Île de Ré and Cité du Vin. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?
8, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Nouvelle-Aquitaine and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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