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        The Langon Area


 
This guide offers 6 local circuits and 2 longer-distance circuits.


 


Where the vineyards of Bordeaux meet the forests of Gascony, where the plain of the Garonne meets the hills of Agen, the Langon region forms a mosaic of landscapes dotted with a rich variety of monuments and historical remains.




"The Golden Mists" Circuit -
   From Antonion
(Noaillan) to Bommes about 12 km (7.5 miles)

- Valley of the Ciron
- Church of Léogeats (12th and 15th centuries)
- Sauternes vineyards
- Château Filhot
- The port of Bommes
- The Ciron in Lasalle...



Balade au bord du Ciron



"Les Paloumayres" Circuit
   From Hourquet (Noaillan) to Mazères - about 15 km (9.4 miles)

- Moorland vegetation
- Cossarieu
- Léogeats
- Vines
- Hunting hides
- Remains of the old Langon - Captieux railway
- Church and "airial" in Roaillan
- Castle of Roquetaillade
- Métairie de Crampet (rural museum)



Le château de Roquetaillade


"Les Gemeys" Alternative Route -
   Between le Bourdieu and Marin-Ouest
- about 7 km (4.4 miles)

This itinerary can be used to avoid the dove-huting areas on the previous circuit in October and November.
- Moorland vegetation
- Hamlet of La Bernède

"Contrasts" Circuit - From Mazères to Langon - about 23 km (14 miles)

- Church
- Château Larroque
- La Hountique Spring in Coimères
- Lake and golf course near Seguin
- Château des Jauberthes near Robin
- Pigeon loft of Les Salins
- View of the medieval village of Saint-Macaire
- Quays and old quarters of Langon





"Les Arrius" Circuit
    From Antonion (Noaillan) to Langon - about 23 km (14 miles)

- Ciron Valley
- Vineyards and watermill in Fargues
- Vines and châteaux in La Romer
- Château de Malle (historical monument, 17th and 18th centuries)
- Quays and old quarters of Langon


Le Ciron


"Les Gabares" Circuit
   From Langon (Quays on the Garonne) to Barie - about 19 km (12 miles)

- Wooded banks of the Garonne
- Church of Saint Pardon de Conques
- Church of Saint Loubert
- Castle and canal lock in Castets en Dorthe
- Arched bridges and banks of the canal
- Dikes, 18th-century church, old port and town hall in Barie


"The Towpath" Circuit-
   From Castets (lock) to Castillon de Castets - about 5 km (3.1 miles)

- Canal
- Church of Mazérac
- "Vime" (wickerwork) in Barie
- Tobacco drying buildings