Page 187 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - France

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Wine and

Water

Bordeaux to
Rochefort

Highlights
• Wine city
Walk around Bordeaux, the
handsome 18th-century wine city
• Châteaux of the Médoc
Visit a string of famed wine-producing
châteaux and taste fine wines
• Historic charm
Take a stroll around the estuary-side
Talmont-sur-Gironde built around a
picturesque Romanesque church

• Legendary naval base
Explore Rochefort on the Atlantic
coast with its harbours, riverbanks
and royal rope-making factory

Stately 19th-century Neo-Classical
Château Margaux