Un site UNESCO offrant une vue sur l'Entre-deux-Mers
Fondée au XIe siècle, l'abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure est aujourd'hui classée au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. ❤️
Classée au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO au titre des Chemins-de-Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, cette abbaye fut fondée en 1079 au cœur d’une vaste forêt (« sylva major »). Puissante seigneurie foncière, elle contrôlait de nombreux prieurés en Espagne et en Angleterre. Superbe vue sur l’Entre-deux-Mers depuis le clocher du XIIIe siècle.
Custom route
Custom route
5 Bordeaux / Créon
Leaving Bordeaux, after crossing the St-Jean Bridge, a cycle track that runs in part alongside the Garonne leads to Latresne, where you join the beautiful Roger Lapébie cycle track. It’s named after the winner of the Tour de France in 1937 and is remarkably well laid out along a former railway line, with several dedicated stops in former railway stations. The way heads to Créon. This place, set around its arcaded central square, a remnant of a former bastide fortified town, is well worth a detour.
6 Créon / Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
The route continues along the former railway line, recalled by converted stations and railway-crossing houses. A detour to La Sauve is well worth it to admire the historic Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure. Enter Sauveterre-de-Guyenne via one of its splendid old gateways to make for the arcaded central square, at the heart of the bastide fortified town created in 1281.