Bordeaux and the Wine Country Places

Bordeaux
Bordeaux as a whole, rather than any particular points within it, is what you'll want to visit in order to understand why Victor Hugo described it as Versailles plus Antwerp, and why, when he was exiled... (more)
Route du Médoc and the Wine Country
The Médoc wine region, which accounts for eight of the most famous appellations of the wine country that surrounds Bordeaux, is north and northwest of Bordeaux, along the Gironde estuary. However... (more)
St-Émilion
Suddenly the sun-fired flatlands of Pomerol break into hills and send you tumbling into St-Émilion. This jewel of a town has old buildings of golden stone, ruined town walls, well-kept ramparts... (more)

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