"Viewed through the lens of tourism, Bordeaux is all about wine bars and Michelin stars, and the hotels range all the way from quite luxurious to very luxurious indeed. But of course Bordeaux is a living city, not just an open-air wine museum — and any city worth its salt needs a stylish, budget-friendly boutique hotel in the Mama Shelter mold. Some concessions are made to the city’s status as a culinary destination — there are twice as many eating and drinking venues as the recipe originally called for — but for the most part, it’s got more in common with its cousins in Marseille and Lyon than with the rest of the Bordeaux hospitality scene." - Tablet Hotels