Tourism in Bordeaux

Tourism in Bordeaux

General Information 

Bordeaux is a port city located south of France on the bank of the river Garonne, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Gasconia. The city is famous mainly Npivha Red which is made in the city and its environs, the "wine capital" where she was the first city of Bordeaux red wine is produced in Europe. The ancient Arabs called on behalf of Brdel and a population of over 1.2 million people today. 

Bordeaux subjected to Islamic rule in the Umayyad period and as long as this provision for many years. Today it is the most famous cities in France at all, for the wine industry, of course, but also for its long history and ancient. Began as a port recourse to the sailors fear of serious cases of wildebeest in the Atlantic Ocean in the winter, and had overflowed swamps, some of them stayed until the present day. Thus, turned marshy areas after drying to severe soil fertility was excellent for growing grapes. 

It is known that for Bordeaux where a very large number of palaces of kings and nobles, and stand out against this background that the area of ​​St. Aamilin. Unlike luxury palaces they were in the 3rd century AD, a reception center for refugees and displaced persons, including the people of Gaul, which is the origin of the French people that we know today. In the long history and heritage of Bordeaux suffered many occupations began in the Roman Pontifical, where built in churches and cathedrals of large and distinctive to purge the city of Vsgaha and Kfarha. And stand out among these features large Christian Cathedral of St. Michel, one of the greatest buildings of historical Bordeaux. Then occupied by the Vikings in the ninth century and became an important port where they set off from their expeditions to other areas in southern Europe and North Africa. 

Constitute the city of Bordeaux today's fourth city in the French Republic, a thriving commercial and tourism, and where a number of major companies and markets great historical, such as Rue Saint Catherine extended kilometer and over a pedestrian since the seventeenth century, and is considered the longest market infantry in Europe. In the street, three Lebanese Restaurants, which starts from the yard place de la victoire Bamodha which is similar to the famous Pharaonic obelisks, and also where the turtle copper large and small, and the street ends at the Opera House big. 

Another feature of the city of Bordeaux other: Square comedy that ends Rue Saint Catherine of trade, and Le Grand Théâtre or opera house, which is located in the place de la Comédie, and yard place de la Bourse, which was built in 1775, inspired by Saint-Michel (the majority of the population of Arab descent Magharebia ), market Square and the cathedral's daily goods old and used. 

There is also a fountain mirror (Le Miroir) where this fountain is characterized by three different situations: water comes out of the holes in the ground to a height of 2 centimeters, then stops pumping water and leaves behind a page from the mirror-like water. Then spray the water starts to rise two meters, which is a very wonderful place for children in the summer. 

Can be accessed from Bordeaux to Paris via the station montparnasse a train journey spanning nearly three hours and TGV train speed of 300 km per hour.