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Rating Summary based on 7 reviews

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  • Nightlife
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  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    salombo33

    5 Stars In my Place 24/11/2005
    User recommends the product

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    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 ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    alexandrapontecaille

    5 Stars Lands of wine and good living 14/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages capital of wine, high gastronomy, historic monuments, many tours and trips, disabled friendly

    Disadvantages Disadvantages too many things to do, tours prices can be steep

    Here is another French town I had the chance to visit thanks to sport championships. I travelled mostly all over France and despite the sport event we had the possibility to discover the places we were competing in. 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 ... more
  • 16 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ylliana

    5 Stars I love the town I live in 30/05/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a very nice town

    Disadvantages Disadvantages at the moment it is difficult to drive in as they build tramway

    Today I am speaking about the city I live in : 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 war, not to be taken by the german, in order to make arms. There is a big cathedral, and the "Garonne" ... more
  • 28 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    geodev4

    5 Stars Bordeax est jolli. Bordeaux is beautiful 30/10/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful, lots going on, many shops

    Disadvantages 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 ... more
  • 4 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ravanelli34

    5 Stars Bordeaux, a city protected by the Gods 14/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages culture and wine

    Disadvantages Disadvantages some places are dirty

    At the gates of the greatest vintages of the world, at some 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 this city, and eager to share my knowledge with the ciao users, I propose one to you strolls " ... more
  • 4 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sailormn

    4 Stars A great place for red wine 06/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great Wine and scenery

    Disadvantages 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 being shown how. Bordeaux is a city with several towns and full of vibrant young people. It also has a sand dune (Dune de Pyla) in Acachon town ... more
  • 2 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jessidoodle

    2 Stars Bordeaux , BORING 14/08/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages It keeps you entertained the whole way through

    Disadvantages Disadvantages it is boring

    I would definitely not reccomend going to Bordeuax if you are thinking of going somewhere this year. If you like shopping, lots of people, excitment. Do not come to Bordeaux. However if you like cheesy discos, swimming in yellow lakes, going to toilets that are holes in the floor, very quiet, very desolate, very boring places then you would absolutely love it in Bordeax. There are way too many vinyards there for my liking. There are so many wine shops, well, that's certainly no surprise. If you find a town to go to you will probably find a restaurant, a pharmacie , a disco and a few wine shops ... more
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