Cirel Ales

My name is Alesia and I am a professional licensed guide interpreter in Bordeaux. I offer you fascinating tours and excursions to Bordeaux and its rich region of Aquitaine.

I have lived and worked in Bordeaux since 2004. I am happy that this city has become my second home. It combines everything I appreciate: rich history and culture, magnificent architecture, and, of course, so successfully combined together, wine and gastronomy!

Education: By my first education I am a linguist-translator (French-English-Russian). I also received a diploma in the history of French civilization, as well as a diploma in sommelier and wine tourism.

Experience: After studying and working in the wine chateaus in Saint-Emilion, since 2008 I have organized private excursions and tours to Bordeaux and France.

Also in 2015, together with the guide Roman Tatarov, we created a tour operator agency Taste and Travel, thanks to which we can offer you full packages of services, including booking hotels, restaurants and transport (including for large and professional groups), as well as international educational programs and internships, corporate tours, travel incentives, team building, master classes, workshops, trainings, weddings, as well as programs for learning French, and much more.

I work with a variety of partners in France, Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, Germany and other countries.

Licenses: I have an interpreter’s license and an educational institution’s license and work with many special schools and companies and can arrange trainings and internships with leading specialists in France.

I am also a freelance lecturer at the University of Bordeaux and business schools where I hold conferences on wine, French civilization and intercultural communication.

If you want to visit one of the richest, most interesting, informative and tasty regions of France, I will gladly be your guide to the world of positive emotions!

Bordeaux tour programs and the region:

• Bordeaux Grave Day (Excursion to Bordeaux + winery + medieval castle, where he personally meets the viscount with tasting)
• Saint-Emilion Day (Individual excursion to the underground monuments of Saint-Emilion + 2 Château Gran Cru Classes + Visit to the Count's Castle, where he personally meets the Count with a tasting or a small manufacturer)
• Medoc Day (3 Château Grand Crewe Classes in the most prestigious appelages with tastings with cheeses or chocolate Gran Crewe Classes). There is also the opportunity to make an exclusive and very interesting tasting of several millesimos in one of the most prestigious Chateau appellate St. Estef.
• Arcachon Day (Exclusive visit to Queen Margot Castle + tasting lunches on an oyster farm, walking through the resort town of Arcachon, climbing Dune de Pila + dinner overlooking Dune and sunset + Possible boat trip on the bay, or flying over the bay on a small plane)
• Cognac Day (Visit and tasting of the famous Cognac house + small producer + small producer Cognac Grand Champagne + Exclusive visit with the master class "Master blender", where you create your own cognac)
• Armagnac Day (Visit and tasting of the famous and small houses of Armagnac + D'Artagnan Castle)
• Day of Perigor-Dordonne (Journey to the valley of the Dordogne River with a visit to the medieval castle, truffle farm, foie gras farm, grotto with prehistoric drawings (not a copy!), picturesque park-garden, visit of the city of Sarla)
• Day in the Basque Country (Journey through Bayonne, Biarritz, Saint-Jean de Luz and San Sebastian)

The cost of tours varies, depending on the distance.

Photos of your tour on a professional camera as a gift )

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