The glory of the Chartrons – guided tour with GentleGuide
Guided tour · 30 June 2021 · 1 min read

The glory of the Chartrons

A tour told by Bruno Saint-Clair, licensed tour guide in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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The glory of the Chartrons – guided tour with Bruno Saint-Clair, GentleGuide
Pierre Lacour, View of the port and quays of Bordeaux (Chartrons), 1804-1806.

More than a merchants' district, far more than a row of façades, the Chartrons are a civilisation in their own right.

Nicknamed “Little Europe”, this suburb of the city welcomed many nationalities, thereby becoming a laboratory for new winemaking techniques and thus the cradle of the “New French Claret”.

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