The Michelin Green Guide in Gironde sublimates the local heritage

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The Gironde is honored by the Michelin Green Guide. This guide focuses on local discoveries and the heritage of the regions. Cultural and heritage heritage promotes tourism and the attractiveness of historic sites. A heritage particularly present in Gironde, with more than 900 sites of historical heritage (1). For tourists looking for heritage discovery, the department is ideal. With the lifting of restrictions, the tourist season can resume serenely. With the Michelin Green Guide, the Gironde shows all its richness, seducing visitors.

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The Michelin Green Guide honours the Gironde

The Gironde expects a tourist rebound

After the pandemic and its significant impacts on tourism, Gironde cities hope to revive their spring and summer activity. Indeed, Covid-19 and its repeated lockdowns have made it difficult for hotel establishments, restaurants and all tourist places to experience. The situation now seems to be getting better from a health point of view, and the Gironde is preparing to seduce tourists in search of tranquility and discovery.

In recent years, one phenomenon stands out in attitudes towards tourism: slow tourism (2). Slow tourism consists in getting closer to a sustainable stay, far from mass tourism. By favoring the discovery of historical monuments and heritage a little “hidden” in Gironde, tourism changes its face. A phenomenon that seduces tourists who go there.

Abbeys, historical and poetic places

The Michelin Green Guide highlights these monuments and must-see places, far from the seaside resorts around the Bassin d’Arcachon, or in more rural places, less frequented. In Bordeaux, the Cité du Vin is one of the emblematic places to see when he comes. The presence of this concentration of monuments allows the Gironde to be one of the richest departments of this heritage in France.

The Michelin Green Guide encourages clean travel

The Gironde is also very involved in the energy and environmental transition and environmental protection. Preserve the heritage and wealth of the department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region by adopting a new way of approaching tourism. This also involves travel. For example, the Bassin d’Arcachon tries to dissuade tourists and residents from travelling by car when it is not necessary. In particular, they prefer trips by bike, or on foot.

To promote this soft mobility, the Gironde is developing its network of cycle paths. A way to guarantee the safety of all to get from one monument to another. Electric public transport also makes it possible to travel without polluting, without disturbing the local ecosystem.

Visit Saint-Emilion, or other cities with an important heritage are also done on foot. (3) Take the time to visit at your own pace, to enjoy events and monuments, it seduces visitors. For tourism professionals, taking the time to visit, to discover, promotes curiosity. A feeling that considerably facilitates the resumption of tourism in Gironde for the 2022 season…

Sources:

(1) Launch of the Michelin Green Guide Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine special ‘Iconiques en Gironde’ – Gironde Tourisme press release published on 17 March 2022

(2) 2022: Focus on slow, close and accessible tourism – Gironde Tourisme press release, published on 28 February 2022

(3) The Gironde on foot 2022: Bastides and Abbeys

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