Aquitaine Travel Guide - Bazas

Kate Brown

Thoroughly enjoyed the market tour! Anne was knowledgeable and personable, and made the whole experience fun and memorable. Being able to experience the best of the market in spite of my non existent French was so much fun! Anne was very patient with my many questions and really had a great itinerary planned out that covered history, geography and of course culinary topics. Would book this again in a heartbeat!

Meredith Fensom

Anne thoughtfully designed 1.5 days of guided tours with us and was helpful with other parts of our trip, she even recommended a fabulous Cognac guide for us, for a separate trip.
With Anne we thoroughly enjoyed the Bordeaux History and Food Tour. It was the perfect introduction to Bordeaux. We did this the day of our arrival and I would recommend to anyone.
The next day Anne took us through special vineyards and tastings in St. Emilion and around, we had wanted to meet with female-run businesses focused on sustainability and the day was perfect. We also had a delicious outdoor lunch and enjoyable walking tour of St. Emilion.
I look forward to touring with Anne again and can also recommend her company website as a treasure trove of helpful information!

Ashley Lewis

We absolutely loved our food and history tour of Bordeaux with Anne. She did an amazing job accommodating our family which included two vegans. All of the food stops were delicious and Anne provided lots of great historical context. I would highly recommend her to anyone traveling in the Bordeaux. She is extremely friendly, thoughtful and knowledgeable! We had a wonderful time!

Greg White

Had a wonderful half day touring the market and different locations around Bordeaux and sampling meats and cheeses, fresh produce and oysters, wine and desserts with Anne.
It was a great way to experience local flavors with a very knowledgeable and personable guide.
Anne was also very helpful in providing suggestions for restaurants and things to do when we visited Cap Ferret.
Highly recommend booking her tours.

Genevieve Tabios

My partner Doug and I had the very best time with Anne on the Bordeaux Market Tour! Any travel blog post about Bordeaux says you must go to Marche des Capucins, but it is infinitely more interesting and delicious with Anne! She is a warm host and expert chef and historian. She weaves you through the different stalls and producers and teaches you about the history and creation behind foods unique to the local area. She also takes you through some historical parts of the city, pointing at important architecture that you would've never known otherwise. While many other tours can feel cookie cutter and touristy, a morning with Anne is as authentic as it is delightful. By the end, you feel as comfortable as a Bordeaux local ? You can't miss this one. Thank you Anne!

Jonathan DiMaio

Anne is indispensable! We planned a covid-era trip to Basque Country with limited French, and Anne made sure our trip was spectacular. We stayed at amazing places (on and off the beaten path), met food producers of all stripes, and ate delicious delicious meals. Anne met us in Bayonne and gave us a great chocolate tour, and she even organized our Covid tests in a small, rural French village so our reentry to the US went smoothly, which was a lifesaver. Thank you, Anne! We can't wait to visit again and explore more 🙂

Brad Boehringer

Personalized, family-friendly tour for our short stay in Bordeaux. So glad we found Anne! We had a casual walk around town with lots of historical perspectives...and of course food! Multiple personal touches included...felt like a long lost friend by the end!

Lauren Allnutt

Simona and her suggestions and tours simply made our holiday!!

My husband and our 6 year old son traveled from Chicago to Paris and Bordeaux (and the surrounding countryside) for our first overseas holiday since COVId.

In addition to having wonderful suggestions for the time we spend in Paris, Simona organized an itinerary in the countryside that was personalised for our family - allowing our son to have down time when he needed it as well as allowing us all to make the most of our time in the area.

We visited the amazing Dune du Pilat and the beach town of Arachon where we wandered the town and it’s shops and had a nice stop at a park and beach for our son to get some energy out. We also had a lovely lunch with local, seasonal food.

We went off the beaten track going to two small festivals in Roaillan and the lovely boat parade in Bommes. We simply never would have known about these amazing experiences otherwise.

We visited the castle of Villandraut and got a personalised tour of the town as well as visited the wine property - chateau Guiraud in Sauternes.

Simona is friendly, easy to talk to, fluent in English, French and Italian and is very flexible to meet the needs of your group. I cannot recommend a trip with her highly enough!!