10 Best places to stay in Bordeaux

Once a cardinal’s luxurious townhouse in the heart of Bordeaux, now a charming little hotel with characterful guestrooms and apartments. An excellent base for first-time visitors.

This stylish but friendly and unfussy boutique hotel is conveniently located in the heart of Bordeaux. Perfect as a base for sightseeing, and great value for the location too.

This comfy, chic boutique hotel is within walking distance of the city’s historic centre, with excellent food and drink.

An historic, elegant 18th-century hotel ideally located in Bordeaux’s swish Golden Triangle, with a locally-rated spa and restaurant.

A striking industrial-chic hotel overlooking Bordeaux (but 9km outside) with a Michelin-star restaurant and cooking school. A rural idyll in France’s biggest wine region.

This small, exquisite, art-filled design hotel combines classic spaces with contemporary interiors, steps away from Bordeaux’s Golden Triangle.

The 230-year-old grande dame of Bordeaux’s hotel scene is a neo-classical masterpiece from the outside, and sumptuously restored on the inside. It’s perfectly located too, in the heart of the Golden Triangle.

A rarefied, rustic-chic retreat with two gastronomic restaurants and a world-class vinotherapie spa, in a beautiful vineyard setting 20 minutes from Bordeaux.

An intimate, luxury boutique hotel on a famous Saint-Emilion wine estate, 40 minutes from Bordeaux. Stays include free wine tastings and tour of the Chateau’s ancient quarry cellars.

Surrounded by world-famous vineyards an hour from Bordeaux, this lswish 17th-century manor house in Medoc is a dream for food and wine connoisseurs.