All landscapes have stories to tell – often bloody, occasionally misremembered and sometimes celebrating virtues that are no longer highly valued, but they are what make a place worth visiting. The countryside you can explore around Bordeaux is not one, but a number of landscapes ranging from semi-wilderness to some of the most valuable (certainly the most expensive) arable land in western europe. Between those extremes lie small plots, family farms (sometimes the subject of long-standing disputes over inheritance),  woodland reserved for la Chasse, riverside meadows and hamlets and small towns.

A few of the stories that we know we have set out in other pages but there are many more waiting for you to discover…