Day Trips from Saint-Emilion to Bordeaux

Drive the Bordeaux Right Bank yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point, Saint-Émilion, Libourne or Bordeaux, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. Narrated stories cover the people and the ground: you'll hear why the Jurisdiction became the first vineyard landscape UNESCO ever listed, how the Jurade got its charter from King John in 1199, what blue clay does for Pétrus, and how a garagiste with a 0.6-hectare plot outscored it in 1995. No group, no schedule, no guide; pause for a long lunch in the village, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops, because everything downloads offline. You'll need a car and a designated driver; château visits are booked and paid directly with the estates. Also works with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto!

Drive the Médoc yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region. Pick your date and starting point, Bordeaux, Margaux or Pauillac, choose the châteaux you want from the eighteen mapped along the D2, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. The stories cover why this ground grows Cabernet: the gravel the Pyrenees sent down two rivers, the estuary that holds off the frost, the Dutch engineers who drained the marsh from 1599, the brokers who ranked the châteaux in 1855 without tasting a glass, and Vauban's fort guarding the water. No group, no schedule, no guide; stop for a tasting, take the Lamarque ferry across to Blaye, eat on the quay at Pauillac, replay anything. Everything downloads offline, so it keeps working out on the peninsula. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are paid at each château and most require a booking. Also works with Apple Carplay and Android Auto!

Explore two of Bordeaux's most renowned wine regions—Saint-Emilion on the Right Bank and the Medoc on the Left Bank—in one day on this full-day tour. Visit the UNESCO-listed medieval village of Saint-Emilion to taste local wines, then continue to a nearby vineyard for a picnic lunch and wine tasting. In the afternoon, head to the Médoc to round out the day with a tasting at a Grand Cru Classé winery.