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Local information A bit about wine: Contact the tourist offices in: www.ecole.vins-bordeaux.fr for a 3 day wine tasting course. Contact the Ecole du Vin at the CIVB e-mail: ecole@vins-bordeaux.fr for the next courses in English, or arrange your own dates when you like if you are more than a certain number. Or try WENDY.NARBY@wanadoo.fr for Insider Tasting from one of the teachers at the Ecole du Vin in Bordeaux. e-mail team@bauduc.com to receive
Chateau Bauduc's newsletter. The local wine co-operative at Espiet (supplies my house wine!)
Restaurants La Tupina (00 33 556 91 56 37) in Bordeaux, enthusiastically written up by Fay Maschler who calls it "essentially a perfect restaurant." In St Emilion - designated as a World Heritage Town, Francis Goullée's Le Restaurant (0033 557 24 70 49), Le Tertre (0033 557 74 46 33) under new management, Le Clos du Roy (0033 557744155) where just to read the long and extensive menu is a feast, to the bistrot l'Envers du Décor (0033 557 74 48 31) where you may sample many different wines by the glass and where "English is spoken with a French accent". In Bouliac, with a superb view over Bordeaux, Jean-Marie Amat's Le Saint-James, (0033 557 97 06 00) or its Brasserie The Bistroy next door (0033 557 97 06 06), or the charming Café de l'Espérance over the road (0033 556 20 52 16) Our friendly local L'atmosphere at St Germain du Puch 0033 557 24 52 34 always busy. La Guinguette "al fresco" lunch spot by the river in Libourne. www.laguinguette.fr A drive over the hills, visiting the beautiful 17th century chateau in Cadillac, the mediaeval town of St Macaire and on to Sauternes and Le Saprien (0033 556 76 60 87) Regional cooking courses or demonstrations worked out
to suit your itinerary or interests. This could include market visits,
local specialities, matching food with wine and learning how to make classical
or regional dishes. Wine tasting and chateaux visits available. Sporting Activities Bicycle Track for bikes, rollers blades etc. 85 kms of paved bicycle
track in the area - with the music bar at the station of Espiet just a
short ride away. Dune du Pyla Golf Courses. The Golf Pass (minimum handicap required is 36)
Gives you 5 green fee vouchers with a choice between 6 golf courses in
Gironde and Dordogne. Cost 990F 0033 556 526 140. For personalized chateau visits and tastings combined with sporting
activities, e-mail Not Just Wine at Bordeaux.Host@wanadoo.fr |
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Events Son et lumiere at Castillon de Bataille A boat trip by day (with lunch) or by night (with dinner) www.libourne-tourisme.com email officedetourismelibourne@wanadoo.fr or down the river on the "Fleur de l'Isle" all July and August, 0033 557 742 963, leaving from Coutras. For music playing in the Chateaux contact the tourist offices in: For a guide to what's on in Entre Deux Mers www.visite-saint-emilion.com
For general events infomation please see the following websites: Also of interest are: Not to be missed 21st June Fete de la Music : musicians take to the streets all over France. |
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Other Useful Information Websites Tourism www.bordeaux.com
Travel www.baoom.com - a travel agency based in Bordeaux |
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