{"id":6118,"date":"2014-05-09T23:53:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T03:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotriptips.com\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2022-12-16T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T23:07:31","slug":"photos-of-bordeaux-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/photos-of-bordeaux-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to spend 24 hours in Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The longer I live in France, the more I come to realise that there’s so much more to this hexagon-shaped country than its capital<\/a>. Mind you, Paris is a city like no other; but so is the rest of France, with exciting and historic cities like Bordeaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With just one day to spare in the area before I headed towards Arcachon and Saint-\u00c9milion, I power-walked through the wine capital of France (that’s saying something), snapping at its gorgeous medieval architecture and its plentiful, sprawling terraces filled with locals having after work drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bordeaux\u2019s emblematic architectural heritage consists of a clever mix of modern and ancient: from the 15th<\/sup>-century city gates to the maze of medieval streets, and from the sumptuous peristyle of the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre to the modernism of Miroir d\u2019eau \u2013 the largest of its kind \u2013 which perfectly complements the classicist style of Place de la Bourse. It doesn\u2019t come as a surprise, then, to learn that New York Times made Bordeaux the second most interesting place to visit in 2016!<\/p>\n\n\n