Saint-Émilion is one of those places I dreamt of visiting … a history steeped in tradition, and a thriving modern viticulture industry, including the world’s first UNESCO listed vineyard! Due to a tight timeframe, we only had an afternoon, an evening and a morning in Saint-Émilion – not enough time as I would have liked, but with 8 weeks to explore France, we had to make a few sacrifices in order to spend decent amounts of time in other places.
We arrived in Saint-Émilion from Sarlat et Canada in our trusty hire car, and I will never forget the look of the lush, green vineyards covering the rolling hillside as far as the eye could see – it was glorious! As we pulled up the long road that led to the medieval town centre, we realised with a bit of a shock that there were cars parked on both sides of the road ALL the way around the town! Seems like everyone else had the same idea to visit Saint-Émilion on the same day as us!