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Eighteenth century architecture meets the wine industry: this is the spirit of Chartrons in Bordeaux. Behind a beautiful facade, you’ll find the Museum of Wine and Trade in the vaulted cellars that housed


barrels for ageing wines. Objects and archival documents now retrace the exceptional career of the great merchant families and the ancestral knowledge of the cellar workers. Dive into the incredibly rich world of the wine trade and let us guide you through a tasting in which you will discover the famous Bordeaux vineyards and appellations.


France’s huge range of cycle routes mean there’s a two-wheeled adventure for everyone


Musée du Vin et du Négoce de Bordeaux “Cellier des Chartrons”


41 rue Borie 33300 Bordeaux, France +33 5 56 90 19 13 Website: www.mvnb.fr Email: musee41@gmail.com


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Musée des Beaux-Arts, 20 cours d’Albret. +33 (0)5 56 10 20 56, www.musba-bordeaux.fr


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Midi-Pyrénées, the home of the Knights Templar, and the Chemin des Bonshommes, which follows in the footsteps of the Cathars. You can also trek through the forest of Fontainebleau to the village of Barbizon, where Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, or walk part of the historic pilgrimage trail, the Way of Saint James, to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. For the most part, tourist offi ces can recommend walking trails but if you’d rather plan in advance, Inntravel (www.inntravel.co.uk), the ‘Slow Holiday People’, can organise independent walking holidays which are meticulously designed according to your personal requirements. Whether you fancy walking in Gascony, the Loire Valley, the Breton coast or the Alps, Inntravel will organise your accommodation and transport your luggage between stops so that you can ‘travel light’. The types of routes on offer range from gentle strolls and scenic rambles to challenging hikes and fl exible walks which allow you to alter your itinerary as you go. Inntravel’s personalisation makes them perfect for a unique, tailored


holiday experience, where you can relax or push your fi tness level a little, from just €154 per person. However, for serious hikers, one trail conquers all. Corsica’s infamous GR20 route is perhaps Europe’s most spectacular mountain trek and also one of its toughest – it takes at least two weeks to complete. Crossing the island from Calzana in the north to Conca down south, the 180-kilometre trail cuts between towering summits, glacial lakes, deep pine forests and sweeping craters. Daunting as it sounds, climbing skills aren’t required so if you’ve a hankering for adventure amid awe-inspiring scenery, the GR20 could be your next challenge.


WINE TOURS For many, vin features at the top of a long list of reasons to holiday in France, which is the biggest wine producer in the world, with a bounty of over 300 different appellations. Enjoying fi ne wines is par for the course on any French trip but perhaps you’re thinking of taking the next step into the area of wine discovery. If so, consider a holiday in which wine tasting is the main


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