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Subject: Frankfurt to Strasbourg to Bordeaux.

Question: WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO SEE IN ALSACE, BORDEAUX AND COUNTRYSIDE-NOT PARIS-FOR 1 WEEK IN MAY. OUR PLANE WILL ARRIVE IN FRANKFURT AND WE WILL RENT A CAR. WHAT SHOULD WE SEE AND NOT SEE? CAN YOU RECOMMEND ANY CLEAN AND SAFE PLACES TO STAY, WITH A BATH, FOR UNDER $50US? CAN YOU SUGGEST A DRIVING ROUTE FROM STRASBOURG VIA ALSACE AND BORDEAUX TO MONTE CARLO?

Answer: Thank you for your question. My first thoughts are this, driving from Frankfurt to Strasbourg to Bordeaux then to Monte Carlo and back to Frankfurt I assume? Would be a lot to do in one week. My wife and I, for our honeymoon drove from Mâcon in Burgundy to Bordeaux and back, we did it in one week and it was a lot of driving. I think that you will spend most of your time driving and not enough sightseeing, Bordeaux and Alsace are on opposite sides of France.

That said here is what here is what I feel you should see in the places you would like to visit, Alsace- Strasbourg Centre Ville(center of the city) and Cathedral, Haut-Kœnigsbourh, Mont Sainte-Odile, Ecomusée d’Alsace(Living museum Alsace of near town of Ungersheim)and Route du vin d’Alsace( Wine road of Alsace). In Bordeaux, Centre Ville(Stop by tourist office for a map or take a bus tour in English.), Haut Médoc wine country, town of Sainte-Emilion and surrounding wine country and Arcachon plus Dune de Pyla. As for the country side I would drive through Burgundy, it would be on your way if either you went to Bordeaux or Monte Carlo. You could see Cluny, it had at one time the largest church in the world, Branclon(That has a nice Château.) and the Burgundy wine country. If you go to Bordeaux, make sure to pass through the Dordogne region and see Sarlat(Medieval town), Perigueux and the caves of Lascaux(Tours in English, buy your tickets early in the morning for an afternoon tour.)

As for a places to stay I would look to stay in Chambres d'hôtes(Bed & Breakfast). They tend to be very clean and safe and price tends to be low. The only one that I can give you a name on is one run by my sister in law in Bissy-sous-Uxelles. Others can be found on the web Yahoo and AltaVista have good list. There are also books that list Chambres d'hôtes by region. For our honeymoon me and my wife used a book and the web to find all our Chambres d'hôtes and things worked out well, clean and safe.

Lastly, as for a route, the problem with going to Bordeaux is that the roads are smaller and there for not as fast. Going from Alsace to Burgundy takes about four hours. Whereas going from Burgundy to Bordeaux take about eight hours. Going from Bordeaux to Monte Carlo would I think take about six hours. So you can see you would have a lot of driving to do. If it was up to me I would go from Alsace to Burgundy taking the auto route(Freeway system in France) Starting from Strasbourg and seeing on the way Haut-Kœnigsbourh, Mont Sainte-Odile and the Ecomusée d’Alsace. Then passing though Mulhouse, Belfort, Dole, Beaune, Chalon-sur-Sôone. Chalon-sur-Sôone, is where you would get off the auto route and see Burgundy. Then go on and pass through Lyon and then on to Marseille and finely on to Monte Carlo. Between Lyon and Marseille you would have to look in travel books to find what to see.

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