Take a map of the region, point at Pointe de Grave, where the Gironde estuary pours into the Atlantic ocean and draw a straight line 270 kilometres long down to Spain! Your fingers will hover over fine sand, dune grass and...

You want to scale heights? Head for the Pyrenees and the foothills in Béarn.

Inner beauty reaching to the sky. Why not start your tour of the Dordogne underground? There are some amazing treasures, concretions and prehistoric caves. Abri Cro-Magnon, Lascaux: there are world-famous sites all along the...

Come to colourful BordeauxBordeaux: the very name conjures up claret hues. Come to world-famous vineyards to appreciate the fine details, from Médoc to Saint-Émilion.Wine-tasting calls on your sense of vision and smell, with...

A wonderful world in a tiny territory.