Avant Guides Bordeaux

31/03/2024

🐣🐰𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆!🐰🐣
May the Easter bunny bring you lots of joy and happiness!

28/05/2023

𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘅 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
Grapevines enter the flowering phase, a nerve-wracking period for growers, since the tiniest disruptions (such as rain) to the delicate flowers can mean a sad vintage...

If you were here, you could take a walk through them with us and you would notice a very light and delicate fragrance in the air.

𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬?
Vines used in wine-making are generally hermaphroditic, containing both male and female reproductive organs!

💮 Each of the flower buttons has a cap of petals to protect the reproductive organs inside. Vines contain both male and female reproductive organs, and so are capable of pollenating themselves. The conditions have to be right however for this to occur.🍇
The flower caps fall away during flowering. If it rains a lot or the temperatures are cool☔, the floral caps aren’t able to detach themselves properly, and the fecundation can’t take place, which means no fruit to harvest. That is known as "𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒".

10/02/2023

So many great wine bars in , but here are some favorites

Bordeaux's history through its gastronomy with guide Anne Jordan. Food and wine tours for families and friends, culinary groups or epicurious individuals!

18/01/2023

Beautiful snowy day in SW France! ❄️

18/01/2023

27/07/2022

One of our favorite recently! Son' Restaurant

Chef Sylvain Renzetti is having serious fun creating delicious dishes using molecular techniques, varied ingredients and lots of talent. Their lunch menu at 24 EURO is one of the best offers in Bor…

26/07/2022

[MARKET DAY]
From the Libourne farmers market

17/07/2022

From Cognac vineyards with love 🤗
Did you know that Cognac, the world-famous brandy, comes from a vineyard extending over 80,000 hectares, the equivalent of 10% of the French vineyard?

03/07/2022

Want to do a little wine tasting and more ?
This is a lovely place to try some of our local wines from the Duras appellation.

Les Bertins is my local vineyard and I have spent many years enjoying their wines and conviviality. It is a small family run estate of three generations.

You will get a warm welcome here in a beautiful setting, great way to spend an evening.

Mondays from 5pm ….

28/06/2022

A little bit of France on a beautiful Tuesday evening in Duras

08/02/2022

So many places to visit ! But this one is maybe new to you: le vieux Bordeaux (the old city). This Thursday, February 10th, is the My Secret Bordeaux Tour at 4.30pm (Paris time) with me, Sarah, from the Avant Guides Bordeaux team. Come and enjoy this vibrant part of the old city of Bordeaux. We’ll discover narrow streets, squares, trendy shops and cafés bursting with life. You can reserve on the link below. I’m so looking forward to having you join !
https://www.heygo.com/tours/my-secret-bordeaux

08/01/2022

Who is going this ? Where is your favorite place to go? Here are a couple places not too far from https://aquitainetravelguide.com/2020/01/06/skiing-in-the-pyrenees/

If you have ever been to the Alps, you cannot compare the skiing available nearby in the Pyrenees (try going to Andorra in that case). Within three hours from Bordeaux (or Bazas) you can get a wint…

31/12/2021

📌 December 31, 1943
HOMMAGE 🙏 : 464 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators of the 8th USAAF Air Divisions left their bases in southeastern England for southwestern France. Their mission was to attack airfields used by the n***s occupying forces at Cognac-Châteaubernard, Bordeaux-Merignac, Bussac and St. Jean d'Angely.
2️⃣4️⃣ of these planes were lost due to enemy attacks and bad weather.

A B-24 Liberator of the 8th USAAF based at Wendling in Norfolk during this mission was attacked by German fighters and fell near the village of Montlieu-la-Garde in Charente Maritime. The plane exploded in mid-air and eight of the ten crew members were killed.
The commune of Montlieu-la-Garde commemorates every December 31 the memory of this sad day at the monument erected in honor of the American airmen who died during this mission.

A wreath is also laid on the grave of a civilian victim who was fatally burned by flaming gasoline spray from the plane.

Headline in the local paper this morning : the 13-year-old son of one of our guides as flag bearer at the ceremony 🇫🇷

11/10/2021

Truffle , it's one of the best times of the year! Our guides can even take you on a hunt! Read more about truffles, where to find them, and how to them in our interview with -Truffe, who is the largest and oldest producer for truffle trees in the world - https://aquitainetravelguide.com/2020/12/10/adventures-in-truffle-farming-black-perigord/

Truffle Farming came up the other day when a group of us were talking about finding truffle products locally. A friend, Nola D’Enis (culinary guide and writer), was mentioning a local truffle tree …

17/09/2021

Every year, on European Heritage Days (Journées du Patrimoine) a huge variety of museums & monuments open their doors. Sarah GB from Avant Guides will be guiding at Bordeaux’s Cathedral on Saturday morning, then at the Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts by the Public Gardens in the afternoon. And on Sunday morning at the Synagogue, before the 18th century Portuguese Jewish cemetery in the afternoon. Many, many more places are open!

09/09/2021

Sunday 19th Sept of the European Heritage Days weekend: an only once a year opportunity to visit the “Portuguese” Jewish cemetery on Cours de la Marne near the Capucins market in Bordeaux. Visit in the afternoon and Sarah GB from Avant Guides Bordeaux will show you around & share some good stories!

04/09/2021

Another post in our frequently asked questions series : why do village & town signs have red lines through them?

When you enter a place, there is a sign with the place name. The sign also tells you that the speed limit has changed to 50kms/hr (31 miles/hr), as there may be more pedestrians & cyclists around (although the latter are everywhere in rural France!). Further the sign lets you know that you must not overuse your horn. You can be fined for too much beeping!

Leaving a place: this time there is the famous red diagonal. So you know you’ve left the village/town and can go back to the speed limit applicable to the type of road: 80kms/hr (50mph) for a single lane country road, sometimes 90 (56mph) if specifically signed and 110 (62mph) where there is a barrier between the two directions. Plus you can use your horn again!