The Boves : info and guided tour

Introduction to The Boves

Under the Place des Héros in Arras, the Boves form a network of underground galleries carved into chalk. This local history site opens the way to a subterranean world long connected with the life of the city, its hidden routes, and its successive uses. The entrance, at 4 Place des Héros, is right in the heart of the historic center.

The visit highlights a network of rooms and passages that reflects the deep history of Arras. The Boves bear witness to an underground space shaped by human activity, in an area where stone and chalk have left lasting traces. The atmosphere is distinctive, somewhere between buried architecture and urban memory.

Listed among the city’s local history sites, the complex offers a better understanding of the relationship between the town and its underground levels. The Boves are part of Arras’s heritage landscape, just steps from the façades of Place des Héros. The contrast between life at street level and this hidden network is part of its appeal.

This site reveals an underground side of Arras that is often overlooked by visitors. The Boves offer a concrete look at the layout of spaces dug beneath the city center, with both heritage and urban significance. Their location in the very heart of the city adds to the feeling of discovering another side of Arras.

Discover Arras with a private guide

A private guide can help you understand the Boves in context, linking the galleries to the history of Arras and the layout of the old town. Guided insights make it easier to grasp the site’s uses, its underground features, and the place it holds in local urban memory.