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Food tours in Nouvelle Aquitaine

Nouvelle Aquitaine Food Tours Guide 2026

Eating your way through Nouvelle Aquitaine: guided tours, hands-on classes, and self-guided routes that deliver.

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Nouvelle Aquitaine has 6+ food tours and culinary experiences covered in this guide, led by Bordeaux Wine and Market Walk, Bayonne Pintxos and Chocolate Tour and Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Tasting. Each entry below includes the practical details — what it costs, when to go, and how to plan around it.

Nouvelle Aquitaine is France's largest region, stretching from the Atlantic coast and Pyrenees mountains in the south to the Loire Valley in the north. It encompasses world-renowned wine regions like Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, the surf capital of Biarritz, prehistoric wonders at Lascaux, and the dramatic Dune du Pilat. With diverse landscapes, rich gastronomy, and centuries of history, Nouvelle Aquitaine offers an unrivaled travel experience in southwestern France.

Top food tours

Guided experiences that show you Nouvelle Aquitaine through its food.

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Bordeaux Wine and Market Walk

3h€65

A guided morning walk through Bordeaux's food culture, visiting the Marché des Capucins for oysters and saucisse, then sampling Bordeaux wines at the CIVB wine bar and finishing with canelés at a historic pâtisserie.

Includes: Marché des Capucins · Bordeaux wine appellations tasting · Canelé making demo · Chartrons wine merchant history
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Bayonne Pintxos and Chocolate Tour

2.5h€45

Explore the gastronomic heart of the Basque Country in Bayonne, visiting the covered market for Bayonne ham, sampling pintxos in authentic bars, and discovering Bayonne's 500-year tradition of chocolate making.

Includes: Bayonne covered market · Pintxos bar crawl · Bayonne chocolate history · Espelette pepper tasting
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Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Tasting

4h€95

A deep dive into Saint-Émilion's wine heritage with visits to two Grand Cru Classé châteaux, underground cellar tours, and guided tastings of 8 wines spanning different appellation styles and vintages.

Includes: Grand Cru Classé château visits · Cellar tasting room · Wine and food pairing · Medieval village walk
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Périgord Truffle Discovery

Full day€135

A seasonal truffle experience in the Dordogne (December-March), visiting a working truffle farm with truffle-hunting dogs, learning to identify black Périgord truffles, followed by a truffle-based lunch at a local restaurant.

Includes: Truffle hunting with trained dogs · Tuber melanosporum identification · Truffle market visit (season) · Four-course truffle menu
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Arcachon Oyster and Bay Experience

3h€55

A morning oyster immersion at the Arcachon Basin with a boat trip to the oyster beds, learning to shuck oysters from a local producer, and a tasting of five different Arcachon oyster varieties with white wine pairings.

Includes: Boat ride to oyster beds · Oyster shucking masterclass · Oyster variety tasting · Cap Ferret views
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Médoc Château Wine Route

Full day€150

A full-day private car wine tour along the D2 Route des Châteaux in the Médoc, visiting the village of Margaux, Pauillac, and Saint-Estèphe with tastings at three estates including a Grand Cru Classé.

Includes: Margaux appellation visit · Grand Cru Classé tasting · Pauillac village · Gironde Estuary views
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Tour formats

Different ways to experience Nouvelle Aquitaine's food scene.

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Street food tours

Pintxos bar crawls in Bayonne and Biarritz; market tastings at Bordeaux's Marché des Capucins

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Market tours

Saturday Sarlat market guided tour; Bayonne covered market with local chef; Bordeaux organic Sunday market walk

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Restaurant tours

Multi-course wine pairing dinners at Bordeaux châteaux; Basque txikiteo evening bar crawl

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Specialty tours

Périgord truffle hunts (Dec-Mar); Arcachon oyster boat experiences; Armagnac distillery tours; Cognac tasting tours

Cooking classes

Take a piece of Nouvelle Aquitaine home with you.

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Périgord Secrets Cooking Class

4h€85

Learn to make the holy trinity of Périgord cuisine—foie gras terrine, duck magret with Sarladaise potatoes, and walnut tart—with a local chef in a farmhouse kitchen near Sarlat.

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Basque Kitchen with Chef Manex

3h€75

A hands-on Basque cooking class in Bayonne covering pipérade, ttoro (Basque fish stew), and gâteau basque with a local chef who sources ingredients from the morning market.

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Bordeaux Wine and Food Pairing Masterclass

2h€60

Learn to pair Bordeaux wines with regional foods—foie gras with Sauternes, oysters with Entre-Deux-Mers, lamb with Médoc—at the Cité du Vin or a Bordeaux wine school.

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Canelé Bordeaux Masterclass

2.5h€55

Learn the secrets of Bordeaux's signature pastry—the caramelized rum and vanilla canelé—from a Bordeaux pâtissier, including the traditional copper mold technique and tasting of various sizes.

DIY self-guided food tour

Create your own Bordeaux food and wine tour following this market-to-wine-bar route

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    Stop 1: Marché des Capucins (6AM-1PM) - oysters with saucisse and a glass of Entre-Deux-Mers

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    Stop 2: Baillardran Pâtisserie - fresh canelés straight from the copper molds

  3. 3

    Stop 3: Jean d'Alos Fromagerie - cave-aged Ossau-Iraty and regional cheeses

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    Stop 4: Bar à Vin CIVB (11AM-10PM) - 300+ Bordeaux appellations by the glass at fair prices

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    Stop 5: La Tupina for dinner - Gascon cooking over the open fire

Foodie tips

Get more out of every meal.

Tip

The Bordeaux CIVB wine bar on Cours du 30 Juillet is the best-value wine education in the city—world-class Bordeaux by the glass for €4-8

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Foie gras is seasonal—duck foie gras is produced year-round but the finest goose foie gras comes October-January

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Périgord truffles are at their peak in January-February; visit Sorges for the dedicated truffle market on Sunday mornings

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Saint-Émilion's original macarons at Nouts (since 1620) are nothing like Parisian macarons—they're simple, almond, and utterly delicious

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The txikiteo in Bayonne works best starting at 7PM and moving bar-to-bar every 20-30 minutes—order one Txakoli per stop

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