Notes about Gascony

Notes about Gascony




If you want luxury and glamor, then go to the Cote d'Azur, if you want to immerse yourself in history and culture, then go to Gascony

The gentle hills of Gascony spread from the Pyrenees to the banks of the Garonne River. The beautiful landscapes of this ancient area attracted people here for many thousands of years.





А trip to Gascony is an immersion in the history of the Middle Ages of France. Everything breathes the atmosphere of bygone days.





Having lunch in a small cozy restaurant, you can find a sign above your head informing you that it was in this ancient house that the king of France stayed.





In Gascony you can find an overnight stay in a small castle that has reached us in its original form since the XIV century!





And of course, here is the birthplace of the captain of the royal musketeers Dartanyan! The real name of the famous Gascon is Charles de Butz Castelmore.





He was born in 1611 in the town of Lupiac. The atmosphere of the great novel “Three Musketeers” is in the air.



Gascony - the center of wine and gastronomic tourism. Magnificent Armagnac is produced in the local vineyards. There is not much real Armagnac in the world ... This strong drink is made in small old castles.





Osh is a very ancient city. Initially, here, as in the rest of France, the Gauls lived. They called their city Climberroom. Then the Roman legions came to this area. They stormed the Gauls fortress and destroyed. Then, the Lower City appeared at the Jer River, which was given the name of Augustus.





Narrow medieval streets of Gimont, forming a real labyrinth, flow down from the top of the hill down to the river. It’s not even streets, but something between streets and stairs with steps





Gascony - the center of foie gras production. Today, when the whole world was flooded with Chinese foie gras, manufactured in an industrial way, only Gascony remains the place where the old traditions of duck growing and the bio-production technology of this delicacy are preserved. In the gastronomic restaurants of Gascony you can try foie gras melting in your mouth and other duck delicacies - magre, confit de canar, ghezhe.





Well, enough for today and I put my pen aside. See you soon!