Le Relais de Franc Mayne
Bordeaux, France[view map]
Local restaurants
A lively wine bar and restaurant on St-Emilion's rue du Clocher, L'Envers du Décor (+33 (0)5 57 74 48 31) offers one of the most comprehensive and highly esteemed wine cards in France, as well as generous helpings of local specialities, such as foie gras and confit.
Worth getting out of bed for
15 minutes' walk from the hotel, the little town of St-Emilion well rewards an afternoon's wandering, with a smattering of Romanesque churches and mediaeval ruins to explore. Vignobles & Châteaux, on rue de Clocher, runs a daily wine school if you want to take your tasting to another level (www.vignobleschateaux.com).