Saint-Émilion is a small town near Bordeaux (35km) that is known for the eponymous wine region that surrounds it. The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-Émilion as early as the 2nd century AD. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius lauded the fruit of the bountiful vine. Saint-Émilion is one of the four principal red wine areas of Bordeaux
St-Émilion itself is very pleasant and very French medieval town with ramparts, narrow streets, Chateau and Market Place. The shopping opportunities are exploited to the full and at times you feel that you are walking through an enormous outdoor wine hypermarket!
The town was named after the monk Émilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. It was the monks who followed him that started up the commercial wine production in the area.
There is a very unusual place not to be missed in the heart of the town, near the St. Emilion cave: A Romanesque church with catacombs that is as large as a cathedral: 125 ft long, 66 ft wide and 36 ft high. All you can see from the exterior are a few windows on the one facade and the steeple, topped with a Gothic arrow 174 ft high, that seems to have been set on the very ground at the top of the limestone cliff.
Although very small, the village has many nice restaurants. We have stayed one night in the Auberge de la Commanderie, very confortable hotel. Next to it, we found a incredible place with a pleasant garden where you can enjoy a champagne de la maison for 10 euros.
http://www.aubergedelacommanderie.com/
St-Émilion itself is very pleasant and very French medieval town with ramparts, narrow streets, Chateau and Market Place. The shopping opportunities are exploited to the full and at times you feel that you are walking through an enormous outdoor wine hypermarket!
The town was named after the monk Émilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. It was the monks who followed him that started up the commercial wine production in the area.
There is a very unusual place not to be missed in the heart of the town, near the St. Emilion cave: A Romanesque church with catacombs that is as large as a cathedral: 125 ft long, 66 ft wide and 36 ft high. All you can see from the exterior are a few windows on the one facade and the steeple, topped with a Gothic arrow 174 ft high, that seems to have been set on the very ground at the top of the limestone cliff.
Although very small, the village has many nice restaurants. We have stayed one night in the Auberge de la Commanderie, very confortable hotel. Next to it, we found a incredible place with a pleasant garden where you can enjoy a champagne de la maison for 10 euros.
http://www.aubergedelacommanderie.com/
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