You can of course visit the beautiful region and city of St.Émilion by car, but you can also use the excellent train connection. Get enquiries at the train station or at the tourist office (where they also can tell you about the free tourists train from the St. Émilion railway station to the city centre, which by the way is only a 20 minutes walk, though uphill.
At the tourist office you can also book a guided trip to St. Émilion by bus.
The vineyards of St. Émilion
View from the higher part of the town
The old castle
One of the many scenic streets
A former abbey
The same abbey
The narrow road from the town wall to the centre
Such a construction makes it clear that St. Émilion was founded around the 13th century, as a so called bastide: completely new settlements, not belonging to a castle or an abbey. The were not only founded by Frenchmen but also by Englishmen.
Another part of the old abbey
