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!
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
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.
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
* Tourism guide of Entre-deux-Mers