Bordeaux, away from the hustle and tourist hordes of Paris, is the idyllic fall escape. The cozy French cafes, gorgeous Jardin Public, slow picturesque strolls along leafy cobblestone streets lined ...

Perhaps it’s the rolling hills, impossibly green and endlessly undulating. Maybe it’s the clusters of stone villas and terracotta roofs. Or even how the sky and its painterly clouds seem to carry on ...