What the rules are for getting a VLS-TS visa ?

Hello Kurt,

Welcome on board ! Thank you for sharing your lovely experience with us. Hope you will get to see more of Bordeaux.

On a side note,  I have edited the title of your thread for a better fit.

All the best,

Bhavna

@kurt-53

Hi Kurt, I only wish I had the answer for you, but I do not as I have an Italian passport and don't need a visa. On the other hand, I am interested in visiting Bordeaux and would appreciate any tips you might have re: specific places to go, etc. I just moved to Montpellier, FR last June and love it there but would like to explore the surrounding areas and Bordeaux is on my list.

Thanks and sorry I can't help on the visa front. I have to apply for residency and that looks like another hurdle of bureaucracy!

You have to love France......

Pat

@bikepal  I really love Montpellier.  I stayed there a week or so last year.  Bordeaux is bigger, with a larger pedestrian downtown and a lot more people out and about.  There are always crowds in the sidewalk cafes.  The best thing about the city is the riverfront.  The miroir d'eau in front of the place de la bourse is a great attraction, although it has been drained for the winter.  I don't know when it fills up again.  The walking tour by the tourist office is informative and nice.  The base sous-marine and bassin de lumières are fun to visit, as well as the musée d'aquitaine.  Cathedrals, of course.  I haven't visited the cité du vin, but I hear it's worth going.  In general, the best thing about Bordeaux is just walking around and finding things.  Day trips from Bordeaux are great, too.  Arcachon, the gironde estuary, St. Emilion.  Farther afield to the east is Dordogne. 

Hope that helps.

-Kurt