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Aquitaine

Map of Aquitaine

Population 2.8m | Area 41 300 km² | Regional capital Bordeaux

Aquitaine is famous for

• Wine – rich Claret. Best vintages from the top châteaux of Haut-Brion, Latour and Margaux can cost over £1000 per bottle

• Les Landes – once a wasteland covered with furze and heath, now planted with pine and oak forests

• Arcachon – the sand dunes rank among Europe's highest

• Truffles – the precious edible fungus from Périgord is ‘sniffed out’ between November and March and is traditionally added to a variety of regional sauces and dishes
  

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