Boucle du Calvaire
Description
The Boucle du Calvaire will charm you with its landscapes and its heritage! Sportsmen will love its unevenness and its viewpoints while walkers will appreciate discovering the history of Verdelais and its rich religious past. In the heart of the hillsides and vineyards, you will also discover the Domaine de Malagar and the old port of La Garonnelle.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Points of interest
Moulin à vent de Cussol
Built in 1730, this mill has been fully restored and is in working order. It stands a few hundred metres from the Malagar estate, where François Mauriac lived. Views over the Garonne valley and the Sauternes, Graves and Premières Côtes de Bordeaux vineyards. Activities and milling demonstration.
Village de Verdelais
The commune of Verdelais has been renowned since the 12th century for its pilgrimages on the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela as well as for its cultural heritage. Its basilica on the pretty square lined with plane trees, the tomb of the famous painter Toulouse-Lautrec, who died in 1901 in the nearby Château de Malromé, the Calvary and the Moulin de Cussol still in working order, in particular... Wine-growing, which is also a major tourist attraction, and the quality of its infrastructures, allow the commune to to welcome many visitors.
Additional information
Contact
Fixed telephone : +33 5 56 63 68 00
e-mail : contact@tourisme-sud-gironde.com
Balisage
Green
Poteaux
Typologie de l'itinéraire
Loop
Thèmes
Historical
Natural
Oenological
Religious
Durée moyenne de l'expérience
2 to 3 hours
Animaux bienvenus ?
Oui
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