Thanks for the reply, very helpful, how far away from the main town are we, could we Uber there once we have dumped our bags and get late food easily perhaps? We thought hiring a car was good for getting out and about to the various vineyards during the day plus a day out to the sand dune etc,

You are about a 15 minute walk from the central area of the city. I fear Cubsur is right when he/she makes a concen about the car parking - does the Air b’n’b have a resident space? Cars, tourists and central Bordeaux is not the ideal combination. I understand the desire of a car for touring outside the city but I hope you have made advance arrangements with whatever Chateaux you wish to visit. There are very few who accept off the cuff visits. Btw we arrive 15 minutes before you next Saturday

Thank you so much, our Airbnb host has given us some parking information for nearby which we will check tomorrow, my brother went to Bordeaux last year and hired a car and made his own arrangements for the various vineyard visits which we will look at tomorrow- the organised ‘wine tours’ just don’t look like our thing really and I like the idea of just having the freedom to move around the area ourselves- hadn’t appreciated it would be so tricky really- maybe we need to re evaluate our plans a little