At the end of last week I found myself in Bordeaux as a tourist, for practically the first time in my life, and I can thoroughly recommend the experience now that the city has been spruced up.
We treated ourselves to a couple of nights in the very sprauncy, recently refurbished Regent Grand , just opposite the Grand Theatre slap bang in the middle of town. The city has been cleaned up enormously and all the trams seemed to be working this time.
I particularly enjoyed the renaming of many a street see picture , and the considerable extension of the pedestrianised area, even if it seemed to take forever to move anywhere in a taxi. This is a detail from its main door. But visitors to this site are perhaps most interested in eating and drinking. Bravo to the Bordelais for bringing wine more obviously intro the tourist experience. We needed someone to drive us to and from an extremely bibulous dinner in Pauillac and cannot recommend highly enough John Mears and the bespoke Bordeaux travel company that he and his wife run at www.
Max Wine Gallery , 14 cours de l'Intendance. Six Oenomatic machines dispensing top wines. La Tupina , 6 rue Porte de la Monnaie. Very hearty. An institution. Shades of Ami Louis. Le Gravelier , cours de Verdun. Modest outside, limited menu but excellent quality. Logging you in. Resize Back to all articles Share. Travel tips. Bordeaux β a city revamped Travel tips. Gabriel has an airy restaurant on the second floor but the first floor bistro seemed crammed with happy locals.
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