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For the first 2 weeks of August each year (from 30 July to 15 August in 2013) the quiet Gascony village of Marciac (32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees) holds its annual JAZZ Festival= Jazz in Marciac This usually serene small town in the middle of Gascony comes alive in the heart of a region which is peaceful, ………Continue reading Jazz in the Gers A new link in the French Autoroute system has been completed (December 2010) with the A65 Langon – Pau road now linking Bordeaux with the Pyrenees. The new route starts east of Bordeaux at a new junction with the A62 – the Autoroute des Deux Mers which links Toulouse and Bordeaux - east of Langon ………Continue reading Autoroute de Gascogne A65 opens Another link in the French autoroute network will connect Bordeaux and Pau when the A65 opens in early 2011. ………Continue reading New Autoroute A65 Pau – Langon Part of our series featuring places for a short stay in the in France we visit the Gers, South West France. Le Weekend in…Eauze Where to stay? Domaine de Lauroux at Manciet. Domaine de Lauroux, situated 2km from the town of Manciet.where Karen and Richard Kitchener run a wine and Armagnac domaine ………Continue reading Le Weekend in…. Eauze
The departement of Gers (32 Midi-Pyrenees) in the heart of Gascony has built a reputation for creating its musical summer festivals – principally the internationally renowned Jazz in Marciac (end of July-mid August 2013) and Tempo Latino (25-28 July 2013) in Vic Fezensac. These otherwise quiet small towns vibrate with music, and ………Continue reading Music and wine in Gascony The heart of Gascony the Gers département (32 Midi-Pyrenees) offers what I consider to be the real “France profonde” – quiet, peaceful, gently rolling countryside with a distant view of the Pyrenees. You are miles away from the turbulence of the city and its traffic and fumes. The only very ocassional reminder is a speeding ………Continue reading Gascony’s Green Oaks B&B The heart of Gascony the Gers département (32 Midi-Pyrenees) offers what I consider to be the real “France profonde” – quiet, peaceful, gently rolling countryside with a distant view of the Pyrenees. You are miles away from the turbulence of the city and its traffic and fumes. The only very ocassional reminder is a speeding ………Continue reading Gascony's Green Oaks B&B If you are in SouthWest France towards the end of March, you’d do well to get down to deepest Gascony for the open doors weekend of the Plaimont Co-operative for the St Mont festival(32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees – see map) from 23-25 March 2012. Here you can taste and buy Madiran (red), Pacherenc du Vic Billh ………Continue reading Open doors at St Mont in Gascony The epic story of the Côtes de Saint-Mont vineyards began in the fourth century BC, when the first plants were imported by the Greeks. It is thus one of the oldest vineyards in France. Then one witnessed an important development from 1050 with the founding of the Saint-Mont Abbey by Benedictine monks. The monks were ………Continue reading Gascony – wines from Plaimont Gascony map The epic story of the Côtes de Saint-Mont vineyards began in the fourth century BC, when the first plants were imported by the Greeks. It is thus one of the oldest vineyards in France. Then one witnessed an important development from 1050 with the founding of the Saint-Mont Abbey by Benedictine monks. ………Continue reading Plaimont wines from Gascony |
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