Bordeaux

France

Best for: Wine, Architecture, Food, Walking Tours, Riverside

The world's wine capital: neoclassical limestone quays along the Garonne, a UNESCO old town, and some of the finest reds on earth within an hour's drive.

Visit the Cité du Vin wine museum, stroll the elegant Place de la Bourse by the Water Mirror, tour a Saint-Émilion château, and eat duck confit and canelé pastries. The high-speed TGV from Paris takes just two hours.