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.
- Where
- Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 44.8416, -0.5691
Get the Miroir d'Eau stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Miroir d'Eau. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume with your photos and a note.
Near Miroir d'Eau
Place de la Bourse 0.1 km
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.
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux 0.4 km
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.
Cité du Vin 2.8 km
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.
Dune of Pilat 58 km
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.
Lascaux 139 km
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.
Île de Ré 165 km
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.
Gouffre de Padirac 183 km
A great chasm in the limestone near Gramat, opening onto an underground river. Visitors go down by stairs and lifts into the pit, then travel by boat through galleries of rock deep below the surface.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes 198 km
A Catholic shrine around the grotto of Massabielle, where Bernadette Soubirous said the Virgin Mary appeared to her in 1858. Millions of pilgrims come each year to pray at the grotto, take its water and join the candlelit evening procession past its three basilicas.
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Questions
Where is Miroir d'Eau?
Miroir d'Eau is in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Place de la Bourse (0.1 km), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux (0.4 km), Cité du Vin (2.8 km).
How do I get the Miroir d'Eau stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Miroir d'Eau and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Miroir d'Eau before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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