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Bastide Routes
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Bastides are originally villages built in the 13th century in southwestern France, featuring specific characteristics and architecture. They can be explored through several routes across multiple departments.
Overview of Bastide Routes
The bastides are villages originally built in the 13th century in southwestern France, featuring specific characteristics and architecture. They can be explored through several routes across multiple departments.
Key Details
- Type of place: scenic route.
- Tourist interest: (worth seeing).
- Theme: history and urban heritage.
- Location: in around a dozen departments in southwestern France.
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Bastides of Albigeois
The department has around twenty bastides within its territory.
Main bastides: Arthès, Castelnau-de-Lévis, Castelnau de Montmiral, Damiatte, Florentin, Labastide de Lévis, Labastide-Dénat, Labastide-Rouairoux, Labastide Saint-Georges, Labessière-Candeil, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Réalmont, Saint-Sulpice la Pointe, Saint-Urcisse, Valence d'Albigeois, Villefranche d'Albigeois, Villeneuve-sur-Vère, Viterbe, Viviers les Montagnes...
Website: www.routes-touristiques.com/bastides-albigeoises.html
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Bastides of Gers and Tarn-et-Garonne
The bastides and other fortified villages of these two departments in southwestern France.
Main bastides: Aurimont, Bassoues, Beaumont de Lomagne, Castelsagrat, Donzac, Fleurance, Fourcès, Gimont, Labastide-Savès, Lannepax, Lias d'Armagnac, Marciac, Masseube, Miélan, Miradoux, Mirande, Monclar de Quercy, Monfort, Monguilhem, Montjoi, Montréal du Gers, Mourède, Nègrepelisse, Plaisance, Réalville, Réjaumont, Saint-Clar, Saint-Sardos, Valence sur Baïse, Verdun-sur-Garonne, Villefranche d'Astarac...
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Bastides of Haute-Garonne
Bastides, typical half-timbered farms, as well as old dovecotes and windmills to discover around Toulouse.
Main bastides: Bouloc, Boussens, Buzet-sur-Tarn, Carbonne, Cazères, Gaillac-Toulza, Grenade, Labastide-Beauvoir, Léguevin, Montastruc, Montesquieu-Volvestre, Montgeard, Montmaurin, Montréjeau, Nailloux, Plaisance-du-Touch, Revel, Rieumes, Saint-Félix Lauragais, Saint-Sulpice sur Lèze, Villefranche de Lauragais, Villenouvelle...
Website: www.routes-touristiques.com/bastides-pigeonniers-haute-garonne
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Bastides of Lot-et-Garonne
The department has around fifty bastides within its territory.
Main bastides: Aiguillon, Castelnaud, Castillonnès, Damazan, Durance, Granges-sur-Lot, Hautesvignes, Labastide, Lamontjoie, Lavardac, Lévignac de Guyenne, Miramont, Monclar d'Agenais, Monflanquin, Montpezat, Montpouillan, Puymirol, Sainte-Livrade, Saint-Pastour, Saint-Pé de Boulogne, Saint-Sardos, Saint-Sauveur, Sérignac, Tournon d'Agenais, Villefranche du Queyran, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Villeréal.
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What to See and Do
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Bastides of Périgord
Around twenty towns in Dordogne for a route of about 150 kilometres.
Main bastides: Beaumont, Bénévent, Domme, Eymet, Fonroque, Lalinde, Molières, Monestier, Monpazier, Puyguilhem, Roquepine, Saint-Aulaye, Saint-Barthélemy de Bellegarde, Saint-Louis en l'Isle, Vergt, Villefranche de Lonchat, Villefranche du Périgord...
Website: www.routes-touristiques.com/circuit-des-bastides.html