I don't know if I'm the best existing guide to visit Bordeaux, but for sure I love my city. French people see it as a posh city, whereas tourists instantly associated it with renowned wines. Bordeaux also got a very particular history, not exactly one to be proud of, but here it is, and the ... Read review
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...associated it with renowned wines. Bordeaux also got a very particular history, not exactly one to be proud of, but here it is, and the city inherited very beautiful and gorgeous monuments from the past. And the city being very dynamic and full of a student population, it's quite a place to visit !
First, you have to know Bordeaux is located in the South West of France, down by the Garonne river. The life here is quite smooth for summers ... ...shining brightly. Eventually, automn in Bordeaux and around is very charming for you can have an idea of what wine harvest is. And the last tourists give the city a remaining feeling of laziness and tranquillity I'm fond of.
Bordeaux citizens are said to be rich. But anyway, it would be stupid to state each individual of a whole city is wealthy. Yes, the city got a good economic situation, thanks to ... more
I don't know if I'm the best existing guide to visit Bordeaux, but for sure I love my city. French people see it as a posh city, whereas tourists instantly associated it with renowned wines. Bordeaux also got a very particular history, not exactly one to be proud of, but here it is, and the city inherited very beautiful and gorgeous monuments from the past. And the city being very dynamic and full of a student population, it's quite a place to visit !
First, you have to know Bordeaux is located in the South West of France, down by the Garonne river. The life here is quite smooth for summers are often very hot and sunny whereas winters would spare us from too bad weathers. Spring, however, remains the best season to come and visit the area, the air is still soft and the sun already shining brightly. Eventually, automn in Bordeaux and around is very charming for you can have an idea of what wine harvest is. And the last tourists give the city a remaining feeling of laziness and tranquillity I'm fond of.
Bordeaux citizens are said to be rich. But anyway, it would be stupid to state each individual of a whole city is wealthy. Yes, the city got a good economic situation, thanks to the heritage of the past and the present businesses, but we have to look closer if we're to assert Bordeaux inhabitants are rich. We could divide the center of the city within 4 parts, where you find 4 very different ways of life. From the quays to the Jardin Public, you'll find ancient families whose precursors developed the wine industry and trade and who will be rich whatever ever occurs to the world. Here is the place where you'll see huge and ancient houses of several storeys, with very complicated ornaments within the stones. It's also in those areas you'll find the most pretigious shops of the city.
Then, the Quartier St-Pierre is full of bobos, students and young active persons. The area gathers many restaurants and little cafés. And as it's mainly pedestrian, people love to go out around there, to have dinner, see friends, or just have a walk. During the day, you can find a very charming melting pot of people, businessmen having a little rest at a café, students hurrying not to be late, mothers and their families, artists playing in the streets, beggars, tourists, and so on... At night, it's the place to go if you don't know where to go (whistling some old Petula Clark's song).
Then, you can go to more popular streets, with the Victoire area and St-Michel quarter, still full of students, but also dedicated to different etchnic groups according to the streets you are crossing. It is the place to find ethnic food and stuffs. It's also the place where most of the pub dedicated to students are located. Somehow, it hasn't half the charm of St-Pierre. And, I have to say it's not very cool to have a walk there at night, espacially if you're alone and you're a girl.
Eventually, around those three zones you can find residential streets, little houses and small flats, some shops, and so on...
For the monuments, the greatest where located all along the riverside, and a lot of money having been spent to have them restaured and enlighted during the last years, it's now a somptuous sight. Walking at night over the bridge and facing the immensity and the lights of the city, its huge and still buildings facing the water and reflecting in it, it can make you shiver with emotion.
Among those monuments you'll find the famous Quinconces Square, said to be the biggest open square in Europe, but each city seems to have its biggest square either you take rather this or that aspect into account. So... However, the place is remarkable because it leads onto the river and is enclosed by two high columns representing the doors of the city and holding the symbols of it. Moreover, the other end of the square is occupied by an even huger column, the so-called Girondins' column, with a very stong historical dimension for it represents the political fight for freedom held during the French Revolution, the fight against Terror.
I also want to speak of the Grand Théâtre, that has never been a theater however, but an time to time pera and a political court. Now it contains a posh restaurant and is opened to visitors. Still, some operas are played within the year. But the big interest of the monument is its structure, that could seem very rough but becomes quite romantic and subtle when enlighted at night. Note that all the area around has recently been restaured, the streets paved with very modern stones, our electric tramway passing just in front of the Grand Theatre. So the mix of that old and impressive building with the actual face of the area is unique and very charming !
I could list many other things to see, but it's just because each quarter got its own places to see : Ste-Catherine, the long commercial street... Or St-Remi and its hundreds of restaurants and cafés... Or the other side of the river (East or West Side ? Don't know for we're talking here in terms of Rive Gauche or Rive Droite...)... Gambetta and its gardens and green squares...
Bordeaux is thus renowned espacially for wine and food, but the city also got very dynamic sports teams (such as the Girondins de Bordeaux in football), and even without wines of food or anything else, I would still find it unique for the neverending kind of cool agitation it got !
Advantages: capital of wine, high gastronomy, historic monuments, many tours and trips, disabled friendly Disadvantages: too many things to do, tours prices can be steep
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Bordeaux has about 214 633 inhabitants and is one major French city. It is in the south Middle West and is part of the Aquitaine region. Wine lovers will be delighted to walk into the largest vineyard in the world. The wealth of the Bordeaux wine is huge and you are spoiled for choice. You can easily walk in a wine merchant who will be happy to give advice. You also will have the privilege to have a taste…Just few famous ... ...an English territory in 1152. Bordeaux slowly expanded despite fights and grew with prosperity. The harbour “Port de la Lune” (Port of the Moon) took an even more important role in the commercial distribution of wines. It already welcomed ships from around the world since Antiquity. France won back the county town in 1453 but it was severely damaged by the war and needed a good restoration work. Bordeaux was the centre of rebellions against ...
alexandrapontecaille 14.06.2001
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Advantages: a very nice town Disadvantages: at the moment it is difficult to drive in as they build tramway
...: Bordeaux, in France. Bordeaux is the sixth important french town, sitted in Gironde (South west of France). 30 miles from the seaside resorts of the atlantic ocean, around 20 miles from the most important wine places, and 300 miles from Paris. Its roman name was Burdigala.
Bordeaux is a city which look like Paris (architecture). There are many things to see here : the big theater, the Quinconces Place, whom the horses had been kept during the ... ...also many interesting museum in Bordeaux (less than in Paris, of course). People are known in France not to be really nice, but it is not everybody. For example I am french, from Bordeaux, and I love knowing and speaking with foreign people, making them disvcover my town and my country, helping them when they meet difficulties, making them tasting the famous french food.
For shopping Bordeaux is a nice town as there is a main street where you can ...
ylliana 30.05.2002
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Advantages: Beautiful, lots going on, many shops Disadvantages: Lots of graffiti
...consisted of me going to Bordeaux for two weeks trying to improve my French. It worked!
there is a lot of great features in Bordeaux. the airoport was the first thing i saw. It was very clean and ran on time. I then was on the road where you see all the vine yards and big houses. the only bad thing was the amount of grafiti. this was probably becasue i was driving through a bad suburb.
The shops in Bordeaux are very good with a huge selection of ... ...gadgets.
For childre in Bordeaux the bus service is free in the week days which is also very reliable. In bristol i dont bother looking at what time the buses are arriving on the bus signs at the bus stops. In Bordeaux they all look at them. It seems to arrive exactly on time and are very smart, clean and hav very quiet engines. The only negatives of Bordeuaux was of the grafitti i saw and the number of homeless people. in Britain we see very few ...
geodev4 30.10.2004
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Advantages: culture and wine Disadvantages: some places are dirty
...miles of the Atlantic Ocean, Bordeaux put a point of honor to
develop its exceptional architectural and cultural heritage. Such
point that it was indicated " Town of Art " by the ministry for the
Culture in 1978. This reward, perfectly justified, makes it possible
to guess the extent of the monuments, museums, rooms of art or places
which make the pride of the capital of Aquitaine. During my many
voyages, I was brought to discover in-depth ... ...I open the gates of Bordeaux to you (I yes hope for
that I did not forget the keys... see see, it is good I have them!).
First of all, from a geopolitical point of view, Bordeaux constitutes
the principal agglomeration of the south-west of France, and its
220000 inhabitants are managed since 1995 per Alain Juppé. Bordeaux
is very well served by the various means of transport, and more
particularly, it is possible to carry out the Paris way ...
ravanelli34 14.05.2001
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Advantages: Great Wine and scenery Disadvantages: Vineyards are empty during winter
Bordeaux is in the south west of France where it is famous for its vine yards where beautiful wine is produced. It has many vineyards, of which the most popular and famous are the Medoc and St Emilion vineyards. I went to the Tourist Information centre and was recommended the tour to St Emilion (60km from Bordeaux centre). It's a pity that I went in January when the grapes are not in sight. However, I was told how red wine is produced, but not really ... ...It also has a sand dune (Dune de Pyla) in Acachon town, which is the highest in Europe, standing at 99m high. It was amazing high with both sea and forest area in sight. Well, if you enjoy scenery and wine, Bordeaux is definitely worth a visit. ...
sailormn 06.02.2001 (04.02.2001)
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