Team building in Bordeaux: unite your teams

Want to strengthen bonds, in the heart of Bordeaux?

A successful team-building event isn’t an activity dropped into a diary: it’s a moment designed for your team, its challenges and its culture. As a Bordeaux event agency, we imagine experiences that bring people together: city challenges, creative workshops, water-sports challenges or large collective murals.

Dance troupe at the Stade Atlantique in Bordeaux during a convention, organised by XXL Happyness Canelés and sparklers at a corporate event in Bordeaux, organised by XXL Happyness

Bespoke team building, designed by a local agency

A rally through the historic centre, a gourmet quiz in Les Chartrons, team olympics on the quays, a regatta on the bay, a wine-tasting workshop or a giant mural painted by many hands… Based on cours du Médoc, we know Bordeaux like the back of our hand: its venues, its artisans, its hidden gems. Every team-building event is built around your objective — onboarding, celebrating, re-energising — and calibrated for your group, from 8 to 300 employees.

Need a base camp? Our offices in Les Chartrons welcome your small groups before or after the activity: morning briefing in the meeting room, debrief over coffee in the open kitchen, or after-work drinks to keep the collective momentum going. Here, your company culture comes to life in a new way.

Bordeaux, an ideal playground for team building

Between the Miroir d’Eau, the Garonne quays, the UNESCO-listed historic centre and the vineyards on the city’s doorstep, Bordeaux offers a variety of settings just minutes apart. Enough to build a lively programme with no lulls, reachable by TGV from Paris in just over 2 hours.

Our favourite formats: a bike ride along the quays, a connected urban rally, a gourmet quiz, a visit to the Cité du Vin, a wine-cellar tasting, a cruise on the Garonne, a cookery class with a chef, a life-size escape game… To reconnect with the team and with your company culture!

Aerial view of a corporate event on the Garonne quays in Bordeaux, organised by XXL Happyness Team celebrating their win at a team-building event in Bordeaux, organised by XXL Happyness

Ready to get your teams on board?

Get in touch and together we’ll design the team-building event your teams will remember. Response within 24 working hours.

You’re probably wondering…

A city on a human scale, reachable from Paris in under 2 hours by TGV, Bordeaux has everything you need for successful team building: magnificent architecture, an exceptional food and wine scene, and a creative energy driven by its buzzing districts. It’s easy to get around on foot or by bike, and every district offers a different backdrop: enough to surprise your teams, even those who think they already know the city. Your teams arrive motivated and leave recharged

From an 8-person executive committee to a 300-employee convention, we adapt the format to your objective: onboarding new recruits, rebuilding cohesion after a reorganisation, celebrating a success, sparking creativity… The activity is never an end in itself: it’s a means in the service of your company culture, and we choose it with you, according to your team, your calendar and your budget.

Yes, and it’s actually what we like best. So that you have just one thing on your mind – your team – we organise a turnkey day for you: welcome, coffee breaks, catered lunch or private chef, bespoke activities in the district or elsewhere in Bordeaux, and logistical coordination from A to Z. Every team-building event is different, which is why we tailor each package to your wishes, your budget and the size of your group. Just tell us what you have in mind — we’ll take care of the rest.