Discovering Bordeaux: So much more than the wine capital of the world

They take you on a boat ride with Bordeaux's last professional fisherman and teach you how to make a favourite local sweet treat called a cannelé. The pastry echoes a dark chapter of Bordeaux's past: when it was France's second-largest port of the African slave trade between the 17th and 19th century.

And of course, they dive into the wonderful world of Bordeaux's wines with a stop at a museum dedicated to the precious elixir: the Cité du Vin.

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