Tell me about Bordeaux & St. Emilion
 

Thinking about including this area of France into our trip this September. I have not read any trip reports from this area and would like any info that you might like to share.

We are interested in wine and beautiful countryside.

Thanks

Town pretty cosmipolitan with good shops.

Two rivers confluencemakes for damp enviroment. Sweet wines to the south, basic reds to the East, V good to the North.

Oysters to the West.

St Emillion is World Heritage Centre.

Suggest search on this site.

Hi O,

See my trip report:
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34676645

Photos at http://tinyurl.com/sjch4

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I love Bordeaux, but I've spent a lot more time there than most Americans do. I have a file on it - if you want it email me at [email protected].

St Emilion seems to draw gasps of delight from most American visitors. It bores me, except for the monolithic church. I find it pretentious and overpriced. There's one wonderful restaurant there, but otherwise I never visit it anymore. But that's just me. I'm sure you'll be glad you visited it (just don't skip the church).

Oh, and beautiful countryside does not describe the areas around Bordeaux or St. Emilion. You'll have to go farther into the Dordogne to find that.

I thought Bordeaux was OK - but I enjoyed Dijon, Toulouse, Rennes, Lyon, Chambery, Avignon, Perigueux, Rouen, Montpellier, Aix en Provence, Nice, & Strasbourg more.

St Emilion is good for one 2-3 hr visit or an overnight. It's kinda one-dimentional (wine). Like St Cirq indicated, the countryside gets a lot prettier a few hours east.

Stu Dudley