Cafe des 4 Soeurs, Bordeaux

Advantages: Beautiful, lots going on, many shops
Disadvantages: Lots of graffiti

...I vistied Bordeuax in the summer for the Bristol-Bordeaux exchange. This 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 shops. The main shopping street is about 1km long (well so i was told.) they had all the good English shops which were a little cheaper. Those of you who know how much Quicksilver costs will be suprised that you could buy shirts for 5euro about 3-4 pounds. Then they had my favourite shop which i think should... Read review

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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

...a Celtic origin and was founded between 4th and 3rd century AD and was named “Burdigala”. It has been many times invaded by enemies and became 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 religion and royalty. In the 18th, the international markets opening and the colonies settling in gave a boost to the industrial and economical side of the city. The French Revolution saw opened and prosperous Bordeaux but the hate against... Read review

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Advantages: ***
Disadvantages: ***

...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... Read review

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