Once when I was in Bordeaux, an air-plane fuselage came sailing up the river on a barge. It was even the gigantic Airbus A380 double-decker. It was on its way to the Airbus assembly factory upstream.
There are other strange things too; a bridge that is lifted straight up for larger ships (Pont Chaban-Delmas), large cruise ships dock in the middle of the city along the riverbank, warehouses converted into restaurants and shops, a boat along the river that is specially built to transport an Ariane rocket, or an old three-masted ship (”tall-ship”). Surfers surfing upstream (yes, actually) on le mascaret.
Now you probably rarely see all of this (or even some), but there are many other things that surprise. In Bordeaux, you get to experience some of the best that you can get in French gastronomy, served in private salons in châteaux. Another surprise is perhaps that Bordeaux is a region where you can find fantastically affordable wines. Sure, there are the big, exclusive châteaux (they are also on the tour program), but if you go outside the most famous appellations, the quality is also top-notch, but the prices are on a completely different level. Come on a tour to Bordeaux and let yourself be surprised and delighted.
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(*) And the only one who has authored 13 award-winning wine books, one of which is on Bordeaux wines.
We can add that we have also written an award-winning book about Bordeaux.
