Packages and Options

A transfer is available from the Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux - Mérignac) at 4 PM. If arriving by train, Bordeaux St. Jean is the main train station in Bordeaux- you must take a shuttle from the train station to Bordeaux airport to meet the transfer at 4 PM. We can also pick you up from the Agen train station - time will be in the late afternoon between 4 and 6 PM, depending on other transfers from Bordeaux on that day.

Day 1   Pick you up from the Bordeaux, Merignac Airport and transport to Nerac (about 1 hour’s drive) - or meeting at the Agen train station. Dinner along a small boating canal in Nerac.
Day 2  On the peaceful national forest trails of the Landes forest, the largest forest in France, you ride through the region of “Albret”.  You descend towards the medieval fortress village of Mézin, typical with its narrow, cobblestone alleys and half-timbered houses dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries.  Stop midday for lunch in the woods along the river Gélise.  Dinner and overnight at the Hôtel de Gascogne.
Day 3  The trail leads us through pine forests, to a pretty village and Château of Poudenas, descending through the Gélise valley towards the beautiful bastide of Fources at midday for lunch, the only existing round fortified village, famous for its unique architecture.  We cross fields and forests to the bastide village of Montréal. Dinner and overnight at the Hôtel les Ramiers.
Day 4  The day begins riding along the famous route of pilgrimage, “Saint Jacques de Compostelle” towards the fortified Château, Larressingle for lunch at midday.  In the afternoon, we traverse the vineyards of Armagnac and orchards of Kiwi fruit towards Moncrabeau, the “Village of Liars”, situated on a hilltop which dominates the Baïse River.  Dinner and over night at the Hôtel le Phare.
Day 5  Riding across rolling hills and fields of wheat, poppies and sunflowers, we pass by the Château Cazal du Bos.  We arrive near the small village of Calignac, where we stop for lunch.  In the afternoon, we descend the valley of the Auvignon River to the ancient Berguefave Mill.  Dinner at the restaurant Les Délices du Roy” and overnight in Nérac.
Day 6  We begin the day by ascending towards the Gueyze vineyards, passing the Château de Mazelieres en route.  At midday, we picnic near these peaceful vineyards.  In the afternoon, we take time to enjoy a wine-tasting at the Château de Salles of the fine wines of Buzet.  We then descend towards the lovely and well preserved bastide of Vianne, along the Baïse River.  Dinner at the restaurant Les Allées d’Albret and overnight  in Nérac.
Day 7  We ride through the fortified bastide village of Vianne and then continue towards the surrounding hills which dominate the Garonne Valley.  After passing the Château d’Ambrus, we picnic on the grounds of the charming little 13th century church, L’Église de Nôtre Dame d’Ambrus.  Crossing the forest, we ride toward the Lagüe lake to bath the horses before returning to Tourette.  Dinner at the restaurant Le Moulin des Tours, located in Barbaste, home of the oldest fortified mill in Europe.  Overnight back in romantic Nérac.
Day 8  Transfer to Bordeaux and departure.
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