Tattoo shops in Bordeaux
Thinking about ink in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine? Start with the studios: 49 are mapped here. All 49 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Bordeaux (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Tattoo Nails and bodynkation, plus Le Placard. If a studio's missing from Bordeaux's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Bordeaux tattoo lineup
49 mapped within about 40 km:
Tattoo Nails
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Nails — Tattoo studio.
bodynkation
Tattoo studio
bodynkation is Tattoo studio.
Le Placard
Tattoo studio
Le Placard is Tattoo studio on 68 Rue de la Benauge, Bordeaux. Le Placard also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "Sur rendez-vous du Mardi au Samedi".
68 Rue de la Benauge, Bordeaux, 33100
Hours: "Sur rendez-vous du Mardi au Samedi"
Art Ancestral Tattoo Piercing
Tattoo studio
Art Ancestral Tattoo Piercing — Tattoo studio.
Ink zone
Tattoo studio
Ink zone — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Ink zone: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 86 09 11 14
Le Perce Muraille
Tattoo studio
Le Perce Muraille is Tattoo studio on 63 Rue des Faures. Le Perce Muraille also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
63 Rue des Faures
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-13:00,14:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 83 49 79 70
L'Art de l'Encre
Tattoo studio
L'Art de l'Encre — Tattoo studio on 6 Rue Calvimont. Also worth knowing about L'Art de l'Encre: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 13:00-18:00.
6 Rue Calvimont
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 13:00-18:00
InkCorporation Tattoo
Tattoo studio
InkCorporation Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Viande Fraîche
Tattoo studio
Viande Fraîche is Tattoo studio on 85 Rue Georges Bonnac, Bordeaux. Viande Fraîche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Su off; Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00.
85 Rue Georges Bonnac, Bordeaux, 33000
Hours: Mo,Su off; Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00
Ster Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Ster Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 48 a Rue de la Gare.
48 a Rue de la Gare
Tatoo Percing
Tattoo studio
Tatoo Percing — Tattoo studio.
HxC Tattoo
Tattoo studio
HxC Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 12F Rue Jules Guesde in Léognan. Also worth knowing about HxC Tattoo: it has a website with more detail.
12F Rue Jules Guesde, Léognan, 33850
Apt.235
Tattoo studio
Apt.235 is Tattoo studio.
Calao Studio
Tattoo studio
Calao Studio — Tattoo studio on 37 Rue de Lachassaigne. Also worth knowing about Calao Studio: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
37 Rue de Lachassaigne
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +33 5 33 05 18 71
Terebro
Tattoo studio
Terebro is Tattoo studio on 55 Avenue de la Libération.
55 Avenue de la Libération
L'Aventure corporelle
Tattoo studio
L'Aventure corporelle is Tattoo studio on 72 Bis.
72 Bis
Toms Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Toms Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 30 Ter.
30 Ter
Art Ancestral
Tattoo studio
Art Ancestral is Tattoo studio.
La dame gantée
Tattoo studio
La dame gantée is Tattoo studio.
La Caire du Tatouage
Tattoo studio
La Caire du Tatouage — Tattoo studio.
Baron Noir Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Baron Noir Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 32 Avenue Thiers. Baron Noir Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
32 Avenue Thiers, 33100
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
Didier Tatouages
Tattoo studio
Didier Tatouages is Tattoo studio on 1296 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Le Pian-Médoc. Didier Tatouages also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 13:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1296 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Le Pian-Médoc, 33290
Hours: Tu-Su 13:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 56 57 12 19
Larme d'Encre
Tattoo studio
Larme d'Encre — Tattoo studio on 59 Rue Lafontaine.
59 Rue Lafontaine
Borus Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Borus Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 112 Cours de l'Yser. Borus Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
112 Cours de l'Yser
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 84 44 08 48
Sadik Tattoo Shop II
Tattoo studio
Sadik Tattoo Shop II — Tattoo studio on 235 Rue Georges Bonnac. Also worth knowing about Sadik Tattoo Shop II: the map lists its hours as "sur rdv et aléatoire"; it has a website with more detail.
235 Rue Georges Bonnac
Hours: "sur rdv et aléatoire"
FTC Tatouage
Tattoo studio
FTC Tatouage — Tattoo studio on 77 Cours Victor Hugo. Also worth knowing about FTC Tatouage: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
77 Cours Victor Hugo
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:00
Phone: +33 5 56 38 41 66
Blue Horse
Tattoo studio
Blue Horse — Tattoo studio on 52 Rue Capdeville.
52 Rue Capdeville
Le perce muraille
Tattoo studio
Le perce muraille — Tattoo studio.
Red Heart Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Red Heart Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 4 Rue Paulin. Red Heart Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00.
4 Rue Paulin
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Bulli.ttt
Tattoo studio
Bulli.ttt is Tattoo studio on Rue de Lurbe. Bulli.ttt also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-17:00.
Rue de Lurbe
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-17:00
Percikopat
Tattoo studio
Percikopat is Tattoo studio on 199 Rue Sainte-Catherine. Percikopat also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
199 Rue Sainte-Catherine
Hours: Mo 13:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su off
Phone: +33 5 56 91 16 51
Graphical tattoo
Tattoo studio
Graphical tattoo is Tattoo studio on 82 Rue du Loup. Graphical tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Su off; Tu-Sa 13:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
82 Rue du Loup
Hours: Mo,Su off; Tu-Sa 13:00-19:00
Phone: +33 6 03 22 54 09
L'épicerie Tattoo
Tattoo studio
L'épicerie Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 21 Cours de l'Argonne. L'épicerie Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
21 Cours de l'Argonne
Phone: +33 5 56 20 73 42
Feeling Tattoo Piercing
Tattoo studio
Feeling Tattoo Piercing is Tattoo studio on 13 Rue des Ayres. Feeling Tattoo Piercing also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu 13:00-19:00; We-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13 Rue des Ayres
Hours: Tu 13:00-19:00; We-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 56 52 25 43
La Canne Blanche
Tattoo studio
La Canne Blanche — Tattoo studio on 56 Cours de l'Argonne.
56 Cours de l'Argonne
Voyous Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Voyous Tattoos — Tattoo studio on 103 Rue Fondaudège.
103 Rue Fondaudège
L'Ombre de ma Rue
Tattoo studio
L'Ombre de ma Rue — Tattoo studio on 16 Rue Gratiolet.
16 Rue Gratiolet
Orange 'n Black
Tattoo studio
Orange 'n Black is Tattoo studio on 11 Rue de Labrède.
11 Rue de Labrède
Épure
Tattoo studio
Épure — Tattoo studio on 71 Rue Lafontaine.
71 Rue Lafontaine
Tetrodon Tattoo
Tattoo studioRun by TONI-LOUISE DIGGINES
Tetrodon Tattoo is Tattoo studio run by TONI-LOUISE DIGGINES on 52 Cours de l'Yser. Tetrodon Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th 11:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-18:00.
52 Cours de l'Yser
Hours: Th 11:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-18:00
Le Chevalet Sans Tête
Tattoo studio
Le Chevalet Sans Tête is Tattoo studio on 131 Cours d'Albret. Le Chevalet Sans Tête also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
131 Cours d'Albret
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-16:00
L'endroit
Tattoo studio
L'endroit — Tattoo studio on 76 Rue Carpenteyre.
76 Rue Carpenteyre
Viande Fraîche
Tattoo studio
Viande Fraîche is Tattoo studio.
Le Théâtre de L'identité
Tattoo studioRun by Monsieur Lautard
Run by Monsieur Lautard, Le Théâtre de L'identité is Tattoo studio on 11 Rue Porte Basse. Also worth knowing about Le Théâtre de L'identité: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 10:00-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
11 Rue Porte Basse
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 10:00-15:00
Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 10 Cours Pasteur.
10 Cours Pasteur
Cheval Tattoo Club
Tattoo studio
Cheval Tattoo Club — Tattoo studio on 76 Rue Camille Sauvageau.
76 Rue Camille Sauvageau
P'ink Studio
Tattoo studioRun by Delphine NGUYEN
P'ink Studio is Tattoo studio run by Delphine NGUYEN on 15 Rue du Commandant Cousteau, Saint-André-de-Cubzac. P'ink Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 13:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15 Rue du Commandant Cousteau, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 33240
Hours: Mo-Sa 13:30-19:00
Phone: +33524216839
L'Homme Invisible
Tattoo studio
L'Homme Invisible — Tattoo studio on 63 Rue de la Rousselle. Also worth knowing about L'Homme Invisible: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00.
63 Rue de la Rousselle
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Tattoo Family
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Family — Tattoo studio on 11 Rue de Guienne. Also worth knowing about Tattoo Family: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11 Rue de Guienne
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30
Phone: +33 9 52 84 13 04
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Bordeaux
22 of the 49 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
14 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Bordeaux tattoo shop tour
Making a day of it in Bordeaux? Work this order: Tattoo Nails, bodynkation, Le Placard on 68 Rue de la Benauge, Art Ancestral Tattoo Piercing, Ink zone, Le Perce Muraille on 63 Rue des Faures, L'Art de l'Encre on 6 Rue Calvimont, and InkCorporation Tattoo. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 41 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Bordeaux
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bordeaux's tattoo shops:
- Plan around your calendar at Tattoo Nails. Don't get tattooed right before a beach holiday or a marathon. Give it two quiet weeks.
- Cover-ups need a specialist at bodynkation. Not every artist does good cover-ups. Look for healed cover-up photos in the portfolio, not just fresh work.
- Don't drink the night before. Alcohol thins the blood and makes you bleed more, which pushes ink out. Arrive sober and hydrated.
- Don't pick the scabs. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bordeaux — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Bordeaux can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 49, or a tattoo shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 49 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Bordeaux: 49 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.