Gironde
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What to see, what to do Gironde?
The 10 good reasons to go Gironde
The Arcachon basin
The Pilat Dune, the Arguin Bank, the huts on Bird Island...
Surfing and sliding spots
We don't count them anymore! The Pointe and the Truc Vert in Arcachon, the Grand-Crohot in Andernos...
Writers' houses
Literary heritage and testimony to the presence of Montesquieu, Lautrec and François Mauriac.
The bastides and old villages
Head for Bazas, Cadillac, Monségur, Pellegrue, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Sauveterre.
Bordeaux
Listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, with its architecture, its Cité du Vin...
The gastronomy
Oysters, Bazadais beef, lamprey à la bordelaise, canelés, Saint-Emilion macaroons...
Vineyards and wine routes
110,800 hectares of vines, 65 appellations, grands crus... the Gironde is a land of wine.
The Vauban sites
Go on an adventure to the Citadel of Blaye, Fort Médoc and Fort Pâté.
The heritage of Compostela
Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres in Soulac-sur-Mer, La-Sauve-Majeure abbey in La Sauve...
The legendary lighthouses
Once the guardians of the coastline, the lighthouses of Cordouan, Richard and Cap Ferret
What to visit Gironde?
Interview: My Gironde
With Laurène Delion, author of the guide
A journalist for five years in Bordeaux and web editor, Laurène joined the Petit Futé editions in 2018 for the Bordeaux, Gironde and Côte Aquitaine guides. Sensitive to gastronomy, especially to revisited bistro specialties, Laurène is also passionate about theatre. Loving to travel, she had the opportunity to stay several months in Reunion Island and in South-East Asia.
See the video of the interview
