Tour Pey-Berland wheelchair accessibility

Place Pey-Berland sits in the centre of Bordeaux, directly next to the city hall and Cathédrale Saint-André. The closest tram stop is Hôtel de Ville on tram lines A and B, both fully low-floor with level boarding. From Saint-Jean station it is about ten minutes on tram C with a single change.

Several disabled parking bays sit on Place Pey-Berland and on the surrounding cours d'Albret. On-street parking is free at any meter when you display a European parking card (CES) or a French CMI marked 'stationnement' (CMI-S). An accessible taxi from Saint-Jean station takes about eight minutes.

The reception at the foot of the tower, where you collect your free disabled-visitor ticket, sits at street level on Place Pey-Berland. The ground-floor information area and the adapted visit content described below are reachable from there.

The climb up the bell tower is by stairs only. There is no lift. The viewing platforms near the top of the tower, the carillon room, and the upper external balcony are not part of the wheelchair-accessible visit. Companions or party members can climb on their own; the disabled visitor typically stays at the base.

Admission is free for the disabled visitor on production of a recognised disability proof. If the proof is an original Carte Mobilité Inclusion (CMI) or Carte d'Invalidité, the companion is also free. If the proof is an AAH attestation under 6 months old, the disabled visitor is still free but the companion pays the standard ticket. A photocopy is not accepted for any of these.

The monument is administered by the Centre des monuments nationaux, which lets disabled visitors request an adapted visit experience tailored to their profile and needs. Devices to support understanding of the monument are available throughout, including for visitors with hearing or cognitive impairment.

The Cathédrale Saint-André sits on the same square as the tower. The cathedral is named as an accessible site by the Office de Tourisme on its Bordeaux Accessible page. Entry to French cathedrals is free for everyone (cathedrals are places of worship rather than ticketed monuments), so the cathedral is the natural pairing for a wheelchair visitor who has come to the square for the tower.

The cathedral is a 12th- to 16th-century gothic angevin structure, UNESCO World Heritage since 1998, with a 124-metre interior nave at 23 metres of vault height. The nave is flat and reachable through one of the side doors on the south aisle.

Plan to be at reception around opening or in the late afternoon when groups thin out. The free disabled-visitor ticket is issued on the day, but the adapted visit content benefits from a quieter desk.

Pair the tower square with the Musée des Beaux-Arts on cours d'Albret (a short flat roll away), since both are free for the disabled visitor and one companion under the same municipal museums policy that covers the four city museums.

Address: Place Pey-Berland, Bordeaux. Disabled tariff: free for the disabled visitor and one companion at the ground-level reception. Climb: by stairs, not wheelchair accessible. Adapted visit available on request at reception. Nearest accessible transport: tram A or B, Hôtel de Ville stop. Cathédrale Saint-André on the same square is free entry for everyone.