Bordeaux built its reputation on wine, not wildlife, so anyone hoping for a big-city zoo or an aquarium downtown should adjust the plan before arriving. There is exactly one real animal attraction inside easy reach of the city, and one more worth a full day trip if the first isn’t enough. Zoo de Bordeaux-Pessac The city’s only real animal collection sits just outside the center, at 3 chemin du Transvaal in Pessac: a 5-hectare park holding roughly 250 animals across about 50 species, including jaguars, white tigers, lemurs, wallabies, and rainbow lorikeets.