Entertainment around Créon (Gironde)

Varied activities await you close to the cottage, both cultural and sports!

 YOUR BOOK OF VISITS IN GIRONDE AND PRIVILEGES

Ideas for outings, activities and visits with bonuses on prices!

 La Cité du Vin, a world of cultures 

At 30 min. of the cottage by Chaban-Delmas bridge  

 


Excursions around Bordeaux with the Tourist Office
Many offers, including visits in the vineyards with tastings

 

UNESCO classified sites:

La Sauve-Majeure 5 minutes

Saint-Emilion  25 minutes

Bordeaux  30 minutes 

Citadelle de Blaye 1 hour

 

CHATEAUX and CITIES to visit in vineyards

Graves (left side of Garonne River):
      Montesquieu castle at La Brede 25 km from the cottage
www.chateaulabrede.com


Sauternes (left side of Garonne River): 30 to 50 km from the cottage:
      Malle  castle www.chateau-de-malle.fr,

      Roquetaillade castle chateauroquetaillade.free.fr/Sommaire.html

      Cazeneuve castle www.chateaudecazeneuve.com

 

Right side of Garonne River

        Langoiran castle 12 km from the cottage  www.chateaudelangoiran.com

        Rions sur Garonne medieval city at 20km from the cottage rions.fr

        Rauzan castle 17 km from the cottage chateau-fort-rauzan

        Cadillac castle  20 km from the cottage cadillac.monuments-nationaux.fr ,

        Malagar  domain (François Mauriac) to Saint Maixant (30 km from the cottage)   malagar.aquitaine.fr

        Malromé castle (Toulouse-Lautrec) to Verdelais (30 km from the cottage) www.malrome.com

        Saint Macaire medieval city at 33 km from the cottage saintmacaire.fr

3ww.chateaudevayres.com

        Larivière castle (Fronsac)  25km from the cottage  www.chateau-de-la-riviere.com

 

SPORTS

 BIKE
* Bike Station Créon, Boulevard Victor Hugo (500m from the cottage) . Rent of VTC, Electric bike, tricycle, tandem: Discount 10% on rentals by residents of cottage!

Station vélo : 
  * The bike path goes from Lacanau Ocean to Sauveterre de Guyenne via Bordeaux and Creon.
 It goes past,  200m from cottage; you can borrow either at the bike station in the village of Creon, or at  1km north of Creon in Génestat (D.121)


* Mountain bike: the many woods of the town and township of Créon are criss-crossed by trails (map available in the cottage)

 

BATHING WATER SPORTS:
Blue Lake at Espiet (8 km from the cottage)
beach (paying), water skiing, wakeboarding

Leisure center of Blasimon 50ha (27km from the cottage). Free access.
Sandy beach, fishing, zipline


GOLF

Saint Sulpice et Cameyrac at 17km.

Featuring two courses, a compact 9-hole school and an 18-hole, both wooded and surrounded by vineyards and pretty houses

 


CANOPEE:
* Arbor et Sens:

Tree climbing activity for children and adults / equipped site in Saint Genès de Lombaud 4 km from the cottage  

 


CLIMBING

 Frontenac ( 15km from the cottage)

http://climbingaway.fr/fr/site-escalade/frontenac

 

 Rock: limestone, 15 m max.

Climbing: rind (track length) (sport climbing), more than 100 routes, from 5a to 7a levels, spread over two cliffs.

 Profiles: vertical, slab.  Plug types: big catches, strips, flat areas.  

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CAVING

in  Rauzan (17 km from the cottage)

http://www.grottes-en-france.com/grottes/rauzan.html

One of many caving sites in the Entre-deux-Mers 

 

SURFING on the Dordogne River:
 The starting surfing the Dordogne is downstream from Libourne at Saint Pardon and Vayres at about fifteen km from the cottage. You can surf the river through the bore over 20 km. For more information: www.mairie-vayres.fr/Le-Mascaret.html

 


CANOE KAYAK
The Ciron, small tributary on the left side of Garonne River, provides delightful walks in Sauternes area. Boarding possible in Préchac (50 km from the cottage) and Villandraut (40km from the cottage). For additional information: www.cc-villandraut.fr/activites/3/8/9/canoe-kayak-sur-le-ciron.html 

 


Useful documents: 

  • Guide and map of Gironde:
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GUIDE-GIRONDE-GB-Light.pdf
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* Tourism guide of Entre-deux-Mers

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e2mt_guide_touristique_2018_online.pdf
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