AU PIED DU GERS : LES PYRÉNÉES

L’ISLE JOURDAIN Gate entrance to the Gers, the old city has retained the charm of a medieval town: arcaded square, Romanesque bridge, tower dating from the fourteenth century. Collegiate Church of the eighteenth century - House "Claude Augé", famous for its stained glass Art Nouveau - European Art Museum Campanaire: priceless collection of bells, clocks, from 5 continents and covering a period of four millennia . CAZAUX-SAVÈS Small village along the Saves. Château de Caumont, remains home of the Duke of Epernon. SAMATAN Old castelnau today famous for its foie gras markets. LOMBEZ Cathedral (XIV century) with its octagonal bell tower, former bishop and sub-prefecture, former Court Hall, square hall with 16 pillars. SAUVETERRE Small rural village perched over 250 meters. At the highest point of the village, a picnic area has been set with a viewpoint from where one can discover on a clear day, all the Pyrenees from Mont Canigou to the Pic d'Anie and the valleys of the Gesse and Baise. SABAILLAN Located 250m above sea level this small rural village offers beautiful views of the Pyrenees. SIMORRE Sauveté - fortified abbey church (fourteenth century) and restored by Viollet Le Duc in the nineteenth century murals of the fourteenth, windows of the fourteenth and fifteenth century - timbered houses - Emile Peasant Museum: memory of everyday life Gascon peasants early twentieth century, told by several hundred objects. MEILHAN Small town situated 300 meters above sea level. Place of memory Maquis Meilhan - Monument erected in memory of the Battle of Resistance of 7 July 1944. SÈRE Small rural village overlooking the banks of the Arrats in a wooded and green place. PLAN OF WATER ASTARAC Plan artificial lake of 180 ha: Windsurfing, fishing, no swimming, picnic ... MONT D'ASTARAC Small medieval village located on the borders of Gers which originated in tenth century and which was the first capital of Astarac. Murals of the fifteenth century. CHELAN Small village bordering Gers on an ancient Roman road - Église Sainte Gemme fifteenth century. MONLAUR-BERNET the borders of the Gers and the Hautes-Pyrénées. This small village, the highest point of the Gers, offers a beautiful view of the Pyrenees. PONSAN-SOUBIRAN Village on the edge of the Gers and the Hautes-Pyrénées along the small Baise. Romanesque church rebuilt in the nineteenth century (marble holy water font of the Pyrenees, murals and funerary plate fragment from the eighth century). SAINT-MICHEL Small rural village: Church of the eighteenth century Gascon style. Beautiful views of the Pyrenees Mountains at a place called Bouzigues. SAINTE-DODE Small rural village that was the seat of a priory founded in the eleventh century - Church of the eighteenth frescoes, altarpiece ... Panorama of the Pyrenees. MIELAN Bastide thirteenth century cutlery Place and corbelled houses of the fourteenth century. LAGUIAN-MAZOUS One of the highlights of the department. Since the Puntous orientation table you will see the most famous Pyrenean peaks.