Entre-deux-Mers Tourism - La Réole TIO Discover La Réole and its medieval heritage in Entre-deux-Mers

At the gates of Bordeaux, between the Dordogne and Garonne rivers, the Entre-deux-Mers region immediately captivates you with the serene beauty of its landscapes. The relief envelops you in its folds. It contains a small galaxy of small towns, with its myriad wine-growing areas, castles, rural buildings, belvederes, and these jewels of medieval urban planning: the bastides, these checkerboard-patterned cities with arcades.

In season, the roads are brightened up with tasting cellars, open-air markets, village events and festivals.
It's an ocean of vines where the entire range of Bordeaux wines is represented. Here, the wines are simple and generous, and the winemakers welcome you with modesty and share with you the pleasure of the products produced by working their vineyards.
The Bordeaux hinterland holds many treasures to be discovered. Nestled in their green setting, a host of small Romanesque churches and illustrious abbeys await you. In the cities or in the heart of the vineyards, along the small roads you will discover fortified water or windmills, medieval, Renaissance, or classical castles...
Entre-deux-Mers has preserved the memory of its stones. Its monuments tell a story embellished by the centuries.

Away from the main traffic routes, the Bordeaux hinterland inspires wandering spirits. Country roads, cycle paths, botanical trails, and bush paths invite you to wander.

Both unique in its physiognomy and so diverse in its features, the face of the Entre-deux-Mers is drawn through its territories: Les Portes de Bordeaux, the countries of Créon, Cadillac, Sauveterre-de-Guyenne and Targon, La Réole, Monségur. Each of these communes and their surrounding countries has its own tone and contributes to the harmony of the whole.

Around La Réole... History is before us

The rich hours in inheritance

From medieval streets to the splendors of the classical era, the past takes shape and reveals itself beneath your feet.

Just take the steep alleyways of La Réole to step back in time. From the half-timbered houses to the 18th- ^century ironwork of the Benedictine monastery, and the medieval and Renaissance decor of the old Town Hall, history is before you.

Nearby, the master tile makers of Gironde-sur-Dropt will introduce you to a centuries-old craft... In the Garonne plain, the pretty village of Pondaurat welcomes you, you will be charmed by its medieval bridge and its old commandery.

If you happen to be on the southern bank of the Garonne in mid-August, look out for the tobacco drying sheds on the plain and listen carefully: comic operas and lyrical recitals are being performed in the shaded square of the village of Barie.