DESTINATION GIRONDE

Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the revolutionary party, the Girondists.

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DISCOVER GIRONDE: Arcachon Bay, Bordeaux, Cote d'Argent, Medoc, Merignac, Saint-Emilion,

DISCOVER ARCACHON BAY Arcachon Bay (in French, the Bassin d'Arcachon, and known locally simply as 'le Bassin') is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest coast of France, situated between the Cote d'Argent and the Cote des Landes, in the region of Aquitaine. The bay covers an area of 150 km² at high tide and 40 km² at low tide. Some of its geological features are natural preservation areas ...

DISCOVER BORDEAUX Between 30-20,000 years ago the area of Bordeaux was inhabited by the Neanderthal, whose remains have been found at a famous cave known as Pair-non-Pair, near Bourg sur Gironde, just north of Bordeaux. In historical times, around 300 BC it was the settlement of a Celtic tribe, the Bituriges Vivisci, who named the town Burdigala ...

DISCOVER THE COTE D'ARGENT Cote d'Argent, meaning Silver Coast, is a touristic name given to a section of the French Atlantic coast. In south west of France, facing the Atlantic Ocean, La Cote d'Argent is part of the Bay of Biscay. It is limited at its north by the Gironde mouth and at its south by the river Adour ...

DISCOVER MEDOC The Medoc is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located in the departement of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Its name comes from (Pagus) Medullicus, or 'country of the Medulli', the local Celtic tribe. The region owes its economic success mainly to the production of red wine; it is home to around 1,500 vineyards...

DISCOVER MERIGNAC Merignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the west. Merignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport. The name Merignac derives from the gallo-roman word Matriniacus, a countryside villa that was the origin of the today town ...

DISCOVER SAINT-EMILION Saint-Emilion's history goes back to prehistoric times and is a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets. The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-Emilion as early as the 2nd century. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius lauded the fruit of the bountiful vine ...

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