Saint-Émilion Trip Overview
Saint-Émilion is a small village with incredible charm. And it is also a vineyard, listed as a World Heritage Site since 1999 for its cultural landscapes: a world first!
Take advantage of your visit to admire its landscapes, understand their history as well as those of the castles that surround the medieval city during a walk in the company of a guide in love with this territory.
During this tour organized especially for you, we will present you the historical monuments of St-Emilion: Porte de la Cadene, Porte Brunet with the magnificent view of the vineyards of Château Ausone, Château Pavie, Château La Gaffeliere, Château Troplong Mondot , as well as we will share with you the stories from these areas. Then, we will stop in the O Tour du Vin cellar to learn more about the wines of Saint-Émilion during a visit – tasting.
Stroll of St-Emilion & Vineyards + Tasting 4/5 wines of St-Emilion Grands Crus, Pomerol.
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Saint-Émilion, France
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Saint-Émilion, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Saint-Émilion is a small village with incredible charm. And it is also a vineyard, listed as a World Heritage Site since 1999 for its cultural landscapes: a world first!
Take advantage of your visit to admire its landscapes, understand their history as well as those of the castles that surround the medieval city during a walk in the company of a guide in love with this territory.
During this tour organized especially for you, we will present you the historical monuments of St-Emilion: Porte de la Cadene, Porte Brunet with the magnificent view of the vineyards of Château Ausone, Château Pavie, Château La Gaffeliere, Château Troplong Mondot , as well as we will share with you the stories from these areas. Then, we will stop in the O Tour du Vin cellar to learn more about the wines of Saint-Émilion during a visit – tasting.
Stroll of St-Emilion & Vineyards + Tasting 4/5 wines of St-Emilion Grands Crus, Pomerol.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Porte dite de la Cadene et maison a pans de bois attenante, 7 rue de la Cadene, 33330 Saint-Emilion France
This pretty building is the only half-timbered house in the village and has a facade dating from the very beginning of the 16th century, as well as foundations much earlier than that time.
We notice the mullioned windows on the building facing it, and, on its southern facade (below), the presence of a turret and a small twin window. The whole shows the architectural evolution of this housing complex until the 16th century.
It can be argued that this house represented an urban ensemble with the Maison de la Commanderie on the other side of the Rue Guadet. The house still has a remarkable polygonal tower containing a beautiful 16th century spiral staircase. It was probably between this tower and the Commanderie that the junction building was located. Did a first enclosure inside the city exist before the one we know today? Many questions remain unanswered …
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Vignobles & Chateaux, Entree 4 1 rue du Clocher, 33330 Saint-Emilion France
We will go up to La Porte Brunet. The Brunet gate takes its name from the Gascon “Branet” meaning moors, heather, glade. This door opened onto the countryside. 9.50 m long and 3.90 m wide, one can still guess between its two arches a stunner through which the defendants threw stones and boiling water at the attackers. The sides were widened in the 17th century so that the carts could cross. The passage was closed with wooden doors on hinges still visible today. Excavations have uncovered the foundations of an entrance gatehouse upstream of the gate, today represented by circular paving on the ground, on either side of the bridge entrance.
We will have a magnificent view of Chateau La Gaffeliere, Chateau Pavie, Chateau Ausone, Chateau Troplong Mondot.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Saint-Emilion, Saint-Emilion, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tasting of St-Emilion Grand Cru wines at the O Tour du Vin cellar.
Duration: 1 hour
