Abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure Abbeys, Churches, Priories in La Sauve

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday Closed
  • Tuesday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm
  • Wednesday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm
  • Thursday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm
  • Friday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm
  • Saturday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm
  • Sunday 10:30 am - 01:00 pm 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm

Opens Tuesday at 10:30 am

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Useful information

Location : In the countryside

Province : Entre Deux-Mers

Services

  • Chèques Vacances (Holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • Disable access
  • Groups
  • Pets welcome
  • English
    • Masterpiece of Romanesque art.
      Built in the Middle Ages, this Benedictine abbey is located on a timeless site. Located on the paths of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, it presents famous capitals and sculpted decorations. A landscape that invites you to take a break in the heart of Entre-deux-Mers, very close to Bordeaux.
      Monument inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list under the Routes of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Great Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.


      Welcome

      Opening hours subject to change.

      Open

      • From June to September: 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
      • From October to May: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
      • Ticket office closes 40 minutes before.


      Farm

      • Mondays from October to May
      • January 1, May 1 and December 25


      Accessibility
      Monument accessible to people with reduced mobility with assistance

      Services

      • Possibility of rest during the visit
      • Shop, bookstore
      • Bathroom

      Visits

      Free visit with visit document

      • French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
      • Duration: 1 hour


      Visit booklet

      • French, English, German


      Guided tour

      • French
      • By reservation: 10 days
      • Duration: 1 hour


      Lapidary Museum
      Cultural events
      All year following the program

      Prices 2024 :

      • Individual ticket €7
      • Free for children under 18 *.

      (nationals of the European Union or legal residents in the territory of the European Union)
      * excluding school or extracurricular groups

      Access

      From Bordeaux Rocade east: exit no. 24, D936 direction Créon and Sauveterre de Guyenne
      From Bordeaux: (cross the Garonne), Latresne (D10), Camblanes-et-Meynac, Madirac, Créon (D14), Sauveterre (D671): La Sauve-Majeure is 3 km away, after Créon, direction Sauveterre
      “Canal of the two seas by bike”: 1 km

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Traveller Reviews Abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure

4.5 sur 5 910 reviews

  • Pierre Jean

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Pierre Jean on 27/11/2024

  • Jean-Pierre Bonnard

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Jean-Pierre Bonnard on 24/11/2024

    Very interesting but I recommend the guided tour. Without the guide's comments, I would undoubtedly have missed many details. It’s a real medieval comic book in carved stone!

  • jeremy guignard

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by jeremy guignard on 18/11/2024

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Abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure

Address

14 Rue de l’Abbaye
33670 La Sauve

GPS coordinates

44° 46'4.01"N, 0° 18'43.74"W

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