France's largest region, built on vines and pine
Bordeaux's 65 appellations, Atlantic surf beaches, and Europe's largest cultivated forest — all in one territory.
Over 100,000 hectares of vineyard, one million hectares of pine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine covers 84,000 square kilometres — larger than Austria — and runs from the Spanish border north to the Loire. The Bordeaux wine region alone holds over 100,000 hectares of vines across 65 appellations, producing around 560 million bottles a year. To the west, the Landes forest — Europe's largest cultivated pine woodland — stretches for over a million hectares down to a 720-kilometre Atlantic coastline. Cognac is produced in the Charente, the Pyrenees rise in the south, and the Garonne and Dordogne rivers cross the interior before joining as the Gironde estuary.
Where you can go
Vineyard routes without the fitness barrier
The Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Entre-deux-Mers wine routes run across rolling terrain between châteaux — manageable distances on a map, but 40–70 km of undulating country roads in practice. On an ease-see e-bike, the climbs between appellations stop being the reason you don't stop at the next château.
The Landes forest on two wheels
The Landes département has over 600 km of dedicated cycle paths across predominantly flat terrain through maritime pine forest, lakes and coast. The distances are long and the sun is real. An ease-see e-bike covers the ground without turning the ride into an endurance event.