A Wonderful Region For Property In France - Aquitaine

Most regions of France enjoy good food and wine as a part of daily life. However Aquitaine benefits from truly great food and wine - perhaps the best that France has to offer. And of course, Bordeaux is the major wine producing area, known the world over. But did you know you can also find a natural inland sea with the largest beach in the whole of Europe here? It is this sea, Basin d'Arcachon, which produces more than 80% of the country's mussels and oysters.

The region of Aquitaine in South West France is famous - and rightly so - for fabulous beaches and superb wines. It was named Burdigala by the Romans who were extremely pleased to find so many rivers flowing through the land and all around were well drained soils. A perfect environment for creating vineyards and top quality wines. More precisely the the city was first settled in the third century BC by Romans. However, it was not just the Romans that ruled and cultivated this land. Between 1154 and 1450 the English took charge, and assisted by creating an international wine industry, centered on Bordeaux. And still today, by far the most popular and widely known of the many wines produced in the world is the red wine from the Medoc and the sweet white wines of Sauternes.

If you are searching for a property for sale in France and you are a lover of wine, then Aquitaine and the Gironde has got to be at the top of your list.

You will probably be familiar with the departments within Aquitaine, such as Dordogne, Gironde and Lot-et-Garonn, but probably the most famous place within this region is Bordeaux itself, which is at the heart of the Gironde. Gironde is the largest of the 'departments' within Aquitaine. It has more than two thousand miles of rivers and seventy miles of fine coastline. The Gironde is home to more than one million people. It was named after the estuary which was formed by two rivers, the Dordogne and the Garonne. Summers in Gironde are hot, and winters tend to be milder than other areas in south west France.

Bordeaux, nestled in the heart of the Gironde, with a population of just over half a million inhabitants, is at the heart of south west France. It also used to be what was considered to be one of the most important port in the whole of Europe. But it is probably better known for its neoclassical architecture and spacious, well kept town centre. Bordeaux also boasts wide boulevards and well tended parks. An air of the 18th century pervades the streets, a feeling which appears to have been effortlessly cultivated.

If easy access from the UK is important to you, you should be reassured that the region has an extensive travel network. Bordeaux is now linked by TGV to Paris. And airlines such as Air France, Ryan Air, Easy jet and British Airways have regular flights into Bordeaux from the UK.















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