Do be careful if it's raining the day of your visit. I enjoyed the untrafficked streets elsewhere. The vast majority of the tourists stayed down in the lower part of town. I dislike wine and prefer less touristy towns, but I quite liked St-Emilion. St-Emilion is a wine town often treated as a side-trip from Bordeaux. The Centre du Vin gets very mixed reviews. Not the most distinctive architecture in the country. Historic the buildings may be, but if you don't allow time to see the upper level, I suggest skipping Rocambour.īordeaux is a handsome city with a nice historic center. The lower level is nothing but tourist shops and cafes. Transportation (bus followed by a long walk along a shoulderless highway) took longer than expected so I didn't have time to see the upper part of town where the religious buildings are located. My visit to Rocambour was very disappointing. I also liked Bergerac and Brive-la-Gaillarde. Perigueux, Cahors and Figeac were my favorites. Allow me to mention that they are worth time, too. I was stuck with bus/train transportation so spent more of my time in several of the good-sized towns. If not, ask and we will give you some ideas.ĭordogne/Lot: Most people travel here with a car and see a lot of the lovely small villages. Lots of options there, but I'm assuming you want to stay on the French side of the border since your time is somewhat limited. The Spanish Basque Country: More interesting than the French, I think. I think they are covered in the book on Spain rather than in the guide to France. I didn't have time for any of the mountain villages, but Rick has some thoughts on them. The French Basque Country: I liked Bayonne and St-Jean-de-Luz better than Biarritz but confess it was raining cats and dogs on the day I visited the latter. With the caution that I haven't been to that part of France in late May or early June (my first thought is always about potential weather issues), here are places I found interesting in 2019:
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