A Pastry-Lover’s Guide to Bordeaux

13 Must Visit Boulangerie Pâtisserie Locations

If you want to understand a French city, start by tasting its pastries.

Bordeaux might be best known for its amazing wines, but spend a little time wandering cobbled streets and you’ll quickly discover how serious this city is about pastry. Though famous for golden canelés with rum-infused centers, Bordeaux’s pastry chefs produce exquisite custard-filled choux pastry, bright fruit tarts, ornate chocolate entremets, and of course, Viennese goodies that shatter into your hands with every bite. Each pâtisserie is a little gallery of edible art.

Living in a city with so many delicious options, can be quite dangerous to someone with a raging sweet tooth and a small obsession for baked goods. Me, its me. In most cities I’ve lived, there’s been only one true French Viennoiserie offering classic pastries and breads, possibly a few select pâtisseries. Growing up, we had just one made-from-scratch cake bakery and a doughnut shop—both free of plastic-wrapped sweets, but laminated pastry? That was a French dream. Luckily, in Bordeaux, quality artisanal bites are never too far, just around most corners, if you know where to look.

…Keep reading to discover all the delicious pastry shops in Bordeaux!