27 February 2024 | Pure France
Holidays at Château Jauquet
Château Jacquet is located in Saint-Mézard, Gers in the heart of Occitanie. It is an exceptional Château located in the beautiful Gascon countryside. The property has been completely renovated offering harmony between contemporary design and original elements.
Saint-Mézard 15 minutes from Condom, halfway between Toulouse and Bordeaux. The village of La Romieu is 8 km away and has 2 restaurants and bakery and press and grocery store.
The Gers
Cathedrals, abbeys, collegiate churches, chapels, castles... the Gers has no shortage of heritage treasures to explore.
Sites classified as UNESCO World Heritage
Saint-Pierre de la Romieu Collegiate Church, Pont de Lartigue between Larresingle and Beaumont as well as Sainte Marie Cathedral are classified as UNESCO World Heritage in the Gers.
The most beautiful villages
Village Circulaire du Fourcès, village de la Romieu, Village de Lavardens, Village de Sarrant, Village de Larressingle, Montréal, Larresingle are well worth exploring.
Festivals in Saint-Mézard
Jazz in Marciac in August, bullfighting in Vic-Fezensac in May and Country and Western Festival in July in Mirande.
Near Saint-Mézard
Auch Cathedral with its world-famous stained glass windows and sculpted stalls, as well as Flaran Abbey and the Roman villa of Séviac are not to be missed. Vic-Fezensac night markets, with their stalls and cafes.
The Gascons are warm people and the owners benefit from good neighbors always ready to help their guests. The regional cuisine and wines are excellent, with foie gras and duck confit being the specialties.
It’s a beautiful area; surrounded by hills, among cornfields and vineyards, at an average height of 82 meters, the area enjoys a microclimate with lush and lush plants in summer, which even in winter retain most of their foliage thanks at a mild average temperature (around 13°C) which hardly differs from that of Biarritz and Marseille in the great South.
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