You will be met at 2:00 pm at the Bordeaux train station or airport and taken to your hotel in St. Emilion for the afternoon/evening. The medieval town of St. Emilion has one of the most important architectural heritages in Europe and it is listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. Standing proudly on the top of a hill overlooking the Dordogne valley, the village, with its sun baked, Roman tiled roofs, was built in the shape of an amphitheater. You will have the opportunity to visit a very unique monolithic (underground) church from the 11th century, and a monolithic cellar in the village, before enjoying your first wine tasting – a Grand Cru, before dinner at your hotel.
I felt the trip was better than advertised. Our guide is a genuinely nice person who clearly enjoys what he does. The trip was professionally organized, relaxed and not pretentious. The food and wine were excellent, likewise the accommodation. The horses were very well trained and cared for, they all could move. Rides started out understandably with some long walks, but as the horses (and riders) loosened up there was plenty of trotting and cantering (on our 3rd day one of the canters was about a mile long). We did get to gallop (total blast) on the beach and on the way back from the beach. Tours of vineyards were truly excellent.and very informative. All the guides were clearly passionate about wine and generous with their time. There were multiple wine tastings and overall I felt it added another dimension to the trip. Very highly recommended.
O'Connell, 2018