Bordeaux, France (5/7-11/2013) – Bordeaux is considered yesteryear many to go France’s most beautiful city. We loved it!  |
Grand Theatre & Modern Tram
in Place de la Comerre - Bordeaux, France |
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| Shopping Avenue inwards Old Town - Bordeaux, France |
Having gone through a recent brand over, Bordeaux is really a European jewel blending Old World elegance amongst modern metropolis design. The Old Town has a Paris-like feeling amongst beautiful architecture as well as a lively immature experience to it. There is music inwards streets as well as wonderful restaurants amongst adept value meals (fixed fare amongst options). There are also beautiful gardens amongst trees, build clean efficient trams, as well as it is condom to wander at night. For the shoppers, Pat says at that spot are beautiful windows to view. |
| Old Town Street - Bordeaux |
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| Bordeaux Monumental |
Most of Bordeaux’s interesting attractions are inwards the relatively modest eighteenth-century middle Old Town that tin dismiss go easily explored yesteryear walking its pedestrian-only streets. The narrow streets of the eighteenth-century metropolis are lined amongst grand mansions from Bordeaux's glory days. The whole metropolis middle was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, the largest urban site inwards the world.  |
| Grand Hotel de Bordeaux |
Some adept things to produce inwards Bordeaux’s quondam town middle is to walk along the Sainte-Catherine street as well as relish the scenery. There is a beautiful foursquare yesteryear the Grand Theatre (see photo) where you lot tin dismiss sit, receive got a drink, as well as lookout adult man the basis teach by. The Cathedrale St-Andre dates dorsum to 1096 as well as lords over the metropolis where you lot tin dismiss climb the tower’s 231 steps for a spectacular stance of the city.
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French Restaurant Off St Pierre Square
- Bordeaux, France |
Travel tip... For several nights inwards a row nosotros went to expanse around the street Rue Pt St Pierre, St Pierre Square, as well as the attached streets that is a real active expanse for bars as well as many squeamish restaurants. |
| Jardin Public Park - Bordeaux, France |
Located only N of Bordeaux’s quondam town center, Jardin Public Park is a real squeamish decline from the metropolis dissonance amongst gardens, bridges, as well as modest lakes (see photo). Built inwards 1855, the botanical garden is the perfect house to accept a walk around its many paths, or only sit down as well as relax. |
| Wonderful French Food! |
As the working capital alphabetic lineament of the region, the metropolis of Bordeaux is both the commercial as well as cultural middle of southwest France. Bordeaux is also inwards the middle of i of the cracking vino regions of the world - Médoc to the northwest, Sauternes lies to the south, as well as Pomerol as well as St-Émilion to the east. With over 5,000 chateaux (wineries) inwards 57 vino appellations to pick out from, it’s a vino lovers dream. |
Pat at L'Entrecote Restaurant
- Bordeaux, France |
A unique experience nosotros had was on a twenty-four hours nosotros returned from visiting a famous Bordeaux vino region inwards the area. People were starting to business upward inwards forepart of a eating theater therefore nosotros got inwards line. It was therefore that nosotros met a human being from Kingdom of Belgium who was visiting his daughter. He told us that this eating theater was all the rage inwards Bordeaux. And nosotros liked it. The L’Entrecote, located nigh the Grand Opera House inwards the middle of the town, serves exclusively steak amongst a delicious cloak-and-dagger sauce amongst an abundance of perfectly crisp fries as well as squeamish unproblematic salad. The vino (only i choice) is real good. Get at that spot early on because the business tin dismiss wrap around the block.  |
| Monument Aux Girondins - Bordeaux, France |
Travel tips when visiting Bordeaux metropolis as well as vino region... The lack of world shipping to most of the chateaux (wineries) agency that it is best to explore the portion inwards your ain auto or sign upward for tours that tin dismiss go arranged inwards the tourist purpose inwards Bordeaux. Make certain you lot receive got adept directions N out of Bordeaux to the Medoc D2 vino road – it is tardily to teach lost. |
| Bordeaux Map |
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| Lobby of Grand Hotel de Bordeaux |
Where to stay... You tin dismiss usage Bordeaux metropolis every bit a base of operations to explore the famous vino regions that surroundings it. Hotels, called Chambres d’hôtel inwards the vino regions, although real quaint, are to a greater extent than expensive as well as at that spot is non much to produce at night. To salve coin on hotels as well as parking-hassles, nosotros recommend staying inwards the La Bastide expanse across the river amongst easy-to-find gratis parking. You tin dismiss walk to the quondam town of Bordeaux inwards nigh 20 minutes or accept a boat or tram ride to the quondam town. If you lot ask data or a hotel reservation, drib yesteryear the friendly Tourist Center. They were real helpful to us. |
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Some history... Bordeaux was nether English linguistic communication dominion from 1154 to 1453 as well as was the spot of the French regime inwards 1914 as well as over again inwards 1940. Bordeaux is the trading middle of a notable wine-producing region.Please run across our other 10 move posts on beautiful France:Bordeaux Wine Country, Saint Emilion, Paulliac, & Cognac, France
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