Things to see and do New Aquitaine

The Hagetmau Tourist Information Office offers a treasure hunt to discover the town. Aimed at a family audience, riddles will lead you through the town's narrow streets. An original and interactive way to visit or rediscover the town. The puzzles can be collected from the office during its opening hours. It's up to you to find the treasure!

Rate: free of charge.

Duration: your choice.

Difficulty: it's up to you!

Starting from the Cité Verte, where the town's sports facilities are grouped, the "sentier des Meuniers" is a 6-kilometre loop. It has a Romanian script from the 12th century where 14 magnificent capitals are listed as historical monuments. Who can be visited by appointment all year round and during the summer from Monday to Saturday from 14h to 18h in July and August except on Sundays. This circuit can be extended by a 5 km loop around Lake Agès.

Rate: free of charge.

Duration: 1 hour.

Difficulty: easy.

At the beginning of the Campaign, two discovery trails allow you to explore the bois in search of traces left by prehistoric men who lived there. Both trails are easy and accessible to children. The North Forest loop starts from the state forest park and is 5,6 km, while the South Forest loop starts from the parking at the entrance to the village and takes 2,5 km. Both offer views of the Bugue and can be complemented by other hiking trails.

Tariff: free.

Duration: from 40 min to 1 h 30.

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The parish church of Notre-Dame was built in the^4th quarter of the 17th century (1688). The church only became a parish church in 1793. The date 1846 which appears on the key of the arch of the entrance portal, corresponds to a great campaign of works, with in particular the construction of the porch and the reorganization of the bell tower. At the end of the 19th century, new installations were made, including the installation of stained glass windows by master glass artist Pierre Dagrand. The building was redesigned and decorated with stained glass windows in the 20th century.

In Messanges, when art, garden, gastronomy and culture blend, it gives a charming place, La Grange aux Pierre. For twelve years, this place surrounded by a airial of cork oaks is the workshop of sculptor Didier Bies whose vocation was born with Carrara marble in the Italian "studios" of Pietrasanta. Then, it was with the Zimbabwe Shona artists that he continued his training sculpture the serpentine, a mineral whose appearance was similar to snake scales, hence his name. He then continued his passion with the wood of the Marensin pine.

After his meeting with Fabienne Biehler in Bordeaux for years, Didier gave an extra Dimension to this place since last year a simple and authentic restaurant has come to light. Regional and sometimes organic products are of honour: De tender, lamb shoulder of the Pyrenees crystallized Pyrenees in rosemary, vegetable lasagna with fresh goat… The barn with stones is a place of conviviality, with the kitchen of Fabienne, but also sharing thanks to the know-how of the artist: internships, cultural programming around reading, music, projections…

Rural museum with over 1 000 ancient objects, the agricultural universe of animal traction. In this house of bees, we discover the manufacture of honey and also taste it.

Thomas Bobrie combines quad and motorbike rides that combine the practice and discovery of local landscapes (and gastronomy) for half a day or a weekend. It can be said that it is the tourist guide for bikers and quad fans.

You can visit the house, the pigeon house and the farm buildings of the th and th centuries.

Prestigious Cognac house that saw itself succeeding ten generations over three centuries. There are also pineau, country wines, cocktails and liqueurs.

Monique Mas offers a superb collection of pedal cars, as well as old cars and other unique vehicles. She bought the first small car for one of her small children, and then he had to be satisfied with the following, and then the little malins blew the idea of making a collection! Since then, 400 pedal cars have landed in one of its four exhibition barns. This little museum is pretty well appointed.

Its oldest parts date back to 1100.

Patrick will happily show you his mill which has the particularity of having two wheels at dawn, one on each side of the building. It will also show you the processes of manufacturing nut oil and flour.

After clearing the feudal motte of the commune in the s, the collected objects were stored in a small municipal hall. You can discover this modest collection by calling the mayor of Barbezière who will open the room.

Keith Hubbard offers in this little house of Piazza Ludovic Trarieux some very popular puppet shows from his collection. Performances are offered in English and French in July and August.

In a corner of the square of Tusson, the museum of Stained Glass offers a journey of discovery stages of production of the stained-glass windows and an exhibition of stained glass windows from the 19th and 20th centuries. The productions of Anne Pinto are also visible, just as the trainees as the museum welcomes all year round.

Françoise Michenaud started producing walnut oil to make this beautiful mill of the forge work 16 years ago. Then taken by the passion and the desire to improve the product, the mill has become a company that offers walnut and hazelnut oils. Come and visit the site that is very beautiful and let yourself know the countless qualities of these oils.