The cities of Escatalens, Finhan, Lacourt St Pierre, Monbéqui, Montbartier, Montech have organized to create the group of towns “Communauté de communes Garonne et Canal”. Deep into the Forest of Agre and surrounded by the Garonne and the Canal, this territory is located in the heart of a region where history, heritage and gastronomy melt into one another in everyday life.
Come and see the ancient hamlets, the nautical halts of Lacourt St Pierre and Montech, the upwards channel of Montech... (...)
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Grenade
22 octobre 2009, par CécileIn between genuineness and tradition, Grenade offers to visitors a stroll deep into the heart of South-west with its Market place, Church and the Save river banks. Coming to this walled town implies : discovering the local culture, locally grown products and visiting heritage sites. But you may also find its charm when having a quiet break in the city parks and gardens or just a drink in at the bars underneath the Market place. On foot or by bicycle through the ancient streets or just (...)
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Revel
22 octobre 2009, par CécileRevel is a royal walled town founded in XIVth century by Philippe VI de Valois and you’re mostly welcome underneath its market place and into its underground galleries… Every saturday morning, the French capital of marquetry invites you to live an unforgettable moment by going to the market listed among the 100 prettiest French market places.
At Saint-Ferréol Pierre-Paul Riquet showed his talent by building the Canal’s main supplying water reservoir between 1667 and 1672. Welcome to the (...) -
Bordeaux
22 octobre 2009, par CécileEl 28 de junio de 2007 la UNESCO añadió Burdeos, el “Puerto de la luna” en la lista del Patrimonio mundial con el título de “Conjunto urbano excepcional”.
Era la primera vez que la Comisión del Patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO otorgaba semejante honor a un conjunto urbano tan extenso.
Burdeos se integra así en la lista de los 800 lugares del mundo definidos por su
“excepcional valor universal”. Además de su notable estructura del siglo XVIII, la ciudad tuvo un cambio profundo con el nuevo proyecto (...) -
St Nicolas de la Grave
23 octobre 2009, par CécileXIIth century Sauveté located on the Way to St James.
Biggest town in a 2 044-inhabitant county, St Nicolas stands on the crossroads of former provinces of Gascogne and Guyenne. The village is nestled in a wide wooded bower and towers upon the rich and vast Garonne plain and its gorgeous orchards and market gardening fields. Ideal climate conditions combined with a fertile soil give high-quality products and bring pride and fame to the farmers who work (...) -
Le Mas d’Agenais
23 octobre 2009, par CécileMas d’Agenais was founded by the Romans and this village stands on a picturesque site by the Garonne lateral Canal and overlooks the whole Garonne basin. When looking back on history, Le Mas d’A. has been through many a disruption and the walls, the Romanic city gate and the Romanic church, etc… testify to this restless past. Places of interest : XVIIth cent.Corn Market, Wash house called “Fontaine Galliane”, fountain called “de Mugat ”, city walls, Romanic city gate,
XII-XVIth cent. Saint (...) -
Castets en Dorthe
23 octobre 2009, par CécileCastets en Dorthe, PEACEFULNESS, water, RELAXATION, FRIENDLINESS and DOLCE VITA
The village overlooks the Garonne valley and was called after the XIVth century castle of Hamel which still stands on its towering position. Castets is the starting point of the Canal de Garonne opened in 1856 ; the “Green Road” cycling track starts here too and just like the channel, it will allow youto ride all the way down to Toulouse and the Mediterranean. Castets en Dorthe is ideally located for starting or (...) -
Fontet
23 octobre 2009, par CécileFontet Water Sports Area
Water sports area of Fontet is an halt on the Green Road and offers to cyclists and yachtmen a haven of peace and basic conveniences. You’ll find here a swimming area, beach football, children amusements, a craft industry museum (monument models made out of matches) and you may restock with food. Green and natural surroundings. Parking ground for camping-cars open all year (...) -
Fontet
23 octobre 2009, par CécileBase Náutica de Fontet
En la ruta de la “vía verde”, la base náutica de Fontet ofrece a los ciclistas y a los navegantes un lugar de descanso con servicios básicos. Dispone de un área de baño, de tiro con arco, fútbol playero, juegos infantiles así como de un museo de artesanía (obras a base de cerillas) y la posibilidad de reabastecerse en comestibles ; todo éllo en un entorno natural. Zona de aparcamiento para camping-cars abierta todo el (...) -
Montauban
23 octobre 2009, par CécilePicture out a tour from the Old bridge to the cathedral which would include halts at the Ingres Museum, the National square and the very cloister of the Carmelite friars... You’ll discover the turbulent and glorious past of this proud city built out of millions of bricks.
Let Montauban tell you its own story
Montauban, a town of Arts and History which offers to you a whole program of discoveries by emphasizing the treasures of its heritage and the Ingres’s city architectural style. The (...)