VAE - CIRCUIT 2 - 33,8KM - LECTOURE- AURENQUE - FLEURANCE - PAUILHAC

At the Bastion roundabout, take the N21 towards Agen, for a little over 600m. At next roundabout take the direction "Subdivision des Routes Départementales". Follow the for 1.4km. 100 metres after the end of the Allées Jean Lannes (new tarmac), turn right at a right angle right at a right angle. Stay on this road for 3km, at the intersection turn left in the direction direction of the Lac des 3 vallées. AURENQUE This hamlet has a few points of interest: wash house, dam, old water mill, and the imposing Convent of Saint Anthony where Capuchins (monks) live as nature lovers, in a spartan comfort. There is also the bridge of Aurenque built between the XI and 12th century 1.5km after the hamlet, you come to an intersection. Turn right. Stay on this this road (D45) for more than 4km. At the big crossroads, turn right, you are on the you are on the D953 and drive towards Fleurance. 750m further on, at the big roundabout take the small street opposite, rue Jean Jaurès to enter the town centre. FLEURANCE A bastide founded in 1274, a stop is necessary. Perpendicular streets, a market hall in the centre, covered arcades around the latter, everything is there! If your lunch can wait still wait, the church of Saint Laurent At the level of the market hall, the Jean Jaurès street continues opposite (it skirts the PMU Bar le Galop), continue on this way Galop), continue on this road. Further down, on the boulevard, pass the car park, at the stop sign on the right then at the next small roundabout, take the direction of La Sauvetat (D654). At the intersection, take the D123 towards Pauilhac. Enter the village, cross it, and and go through the village, to go out to the North-East. (there is no signpost, but once in the village it is but once in the village it will be the only exit facing North) FOREST OF THE RAMIER Forest walk, health course, a departmental forest where the last wolf was hunted in 1840 last wolf was hunted in 1840. Mushrooms? We won't say anything about it... At the end of this straight line, after leaving the forest. Turn right to go through the industrial zone (small). For a few hundred meters, take the N21. At the level of the big crossroads, after having passed the Monastery Saint-Geny, take the direction the Centre Thermal. At the top of the hill, after this long bend, at the roundabout "Jet d'Eau", go towards the car park of the thermal baths. In front of the thermal baths, take the rue de l'Abbé Tournier, going along the the thermal centre to the south. By continuing, straight ahead, you will arrive at the rue des frères Danzas brothers. Go up to the main street, then towards the cathedral, next to the OT. LECTOURE The city of Lectoure, spearhead of the region, boasts a surprising monumental surprising monumental heritage. Go to the Tourist Office to find out more. To make your mouth water you can go up to the bell tower of the cathedral!