Southwest: Bordeaux and Basque Country
Visit the elegant neoclassical town of Bordeaux – the perfect starting point for a tour of the region.
Southwest Highlights
Discover ancestral and graceful wine estates called chateaux and taste luscious vintage grand crus.
Travel through the Dordogne, one of France’s most scenic regions covered with rolling lush green hills, crisscrossed by rivers, bordered by charming stone hamlets.
Admire the prehistoric wall paintings dating back more than 20,000 years, in the caves at Lascaux, Rouffignac or Fond de Gaume.
Sample some of France’s culinary gems that the Perigord offers – foie gras, black truffles, cep mushrooms, chestnuts and strawberries in the medieval town of Sarlat.
Explore Cathar country and immerse yourself in stories of religious persecutions in the Middle-Ages while visiting fortified places such as the impressive citadel of Carcassonne.
Tour Toulouse the pink city (home to Airbus), famous for it light pastel colored bricks.
Hike the majestic Pyrenees mountains, the natural border between France and Spain extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, a nature lovers paradise.
Travel to the French Basque Country, home of the ethnic minority of the same name. Enjoy the dramatic waves of Biarritz, Europe’s surfing capital and witness a game of pelote basque, a unique and ancestral racket ball game in one of the characteristic villages inland.
Next Stops
Can be combined with:
Paris: 3.5 hrs by direct TGV train, 1 hour by plane.
Provence, Spanish Basque country and French and Spanish Catalonia