skywalkerbeth
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Good morning everyone
Making a 2023 wish list and sorting out ideas as I go. Too many things on the wish list and too little time.
I've never been to Bordeaux/the region. Trying to figure out if I should make an attempt to fit a brief stay in, or do something else closer to Paris (I have both books "half an hour from Paris" and "an hour from Paris").
For as many times as I have been to Paris, it's still hard to just break away and go somewhere else. It's so nice to use my time as a temporary local right there in Paris - my little neighborhood/hotel/restaurants, and spend each day leisurely seeing new exhibits and wandering everywhere.
Is 48 hours in or near Bordeaux doing it a grave disservice? Should I save it for its very own trip, including the Dordogne and maybe even Biarritz?
Any tips for a short visit - especially doing something active such as a bike ride, maybe a good long walk/stroll to include winery visits. Where would you stay for a few nights - in Bordeaux itself or a small village?
For a ten-days-on-the-ground trip to Paris I am planning to either just stay local (maybe the day trips I mentioned from my books) or take a few nights and go somewhere else. I've been to Normandy / Brittany / Loire Valley numerous times, ditto Provence/Languedoc - and as much as I love them I am not looking to go there, this time around.
Thank you for any ideas!
Edit: and if adding a whole extra 24 hours makes all the difference in the world for a visit to Bordeaux region, I can think about that, too. But it's so hard to break away from Paris so it's more likely to be 48 hours or "next time".
Making a 2023 wish list and sorting out ideas as I go. Too many things on the wish list and too little time.
I've never been to Bordeaux/the region. Trying to figure out if I should make an attempt to fit a brief stay in, or do something else closer to Paris (I have both books "half an hour from Paris" and "an hour from Paris").
For as many times as I have been to Paris, it's still hard to just break away and go somewhere else. It's so nice to use my time as a temporary local right there in Paris - my little neighborhood/hotel/restaurants, and spend each day leisurely seeing new exhibits and wandering everywhere.
Is 48 hours in or near Bordeaux doing it a grave disservice? Should I save it for its very own trip, including the Dordogne and maybe even Biarritz?
Any tips for a short visit - especially doing something active such as a bike ride, maybe a good long walk/stroll to include winery visits. Where would you stay for a few nights - in Bordeaux itself or a small village?
For a ten-days-on-the-ground trip to Paris I am planning to either just stay local (maybe the day trips I mentioned from my books) or take a few nights and go somewhere else. I've been to Normandy / Brittany / Loire Valley numerous times, ditto Provence/Languedoc - and as much as I love them I am not looking to go there, this time around.
Thank you for any ideas!
Edit: and if adding a whole extra 24 hours makes all the difference in the world for a visit to Bordeaux region, I can think about that, too. But it's so hard to break away from Paris so it's more likely to be 48 hours or "next time".
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