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48 hours in the Gers

Occitanie/2024

Just over sixty years ago, André Daguin and his friends launched the Ronde des Mousquetaires, bringing together the best inns in the Gers. Henri Gault and Christian Millau, who invented the Lauriers du Terroir at the end of the 1970s, were quick to glorify this department, so generous with its knights and princes.
48 hours in the Gers
The four of them made Gers gastronomy sparkle. The master, the lord, is André Daguin. In his fabulous Hôtel de France, the whole world knelt before his works on duck gras. The world's greatest artists come to pay tribute to him. His friends include Bernard Ramounéda (Le Florida, Castéra-Verduzan), Maurice Coscuella (Ripa-Alta, Plaisance), Roger Duffour (Le Relais de l'Armagnac, Luppé-Violles)... The rich cuisine of Gascony is flourishing. Gastronomic tourism flourished, Maïté la Landaise popularized canardises in her TV show "La Cuisine des Mousquetaires", and fine inns, such as Chez Simone in Montreal, won admiring acclaim. Today, as in most of France, the terroir has given way to pizzas and burgers. The inns have disappeared, the new generations have moved to the city, and the musketeers have put away their rapiers. And yet, how beautiful the countryside is! How the villages shine, when the sun shines on the pink brick, when the octagonal Toulouse steeple of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church in Gimont, or the proud square towers of Auch cathedral, or Condom cathedral and its cloister - the natural setting for the annual induction of the Musketeers of Armagnac - stand out against the azure sky. When the horizon blazes over the snowy crests of the Pyrenees, a superb backdrop from the Astarac and Armagnac hills. And yet, it's all here, there's nothing missing: the landscapes, the farms, the ducks and the good producers. The Gers is still the land of milk and honey that has been touted for ages. The foie gras market in Samatan takes place on Mondays, earning the little town the nickname of "Mecca of foie gras", while Eauze rightfully boasts the title of Armagnac capital. For this itinerary, we invite you to follow our "circuit des auberges", starting from the prefecture. Auch is a beautiful, lively little town, well worth a long stop for its cathedral and ancient streets, notably the shopping street Rue Dessoles. To take things a step further, turn right from the cathedral to discover the oldest medieval corner, with its pousterles (poternes), stairways linking the upper and lower towns to fetch water from the Gers. This tour of inns will take you to Saint-Lary, Castéra-Verduzan, Gondrin, Lannepax, Préneron, the beautiful bastide town of Bassoues with its 14th-century market hall and keep, Samatan, L'Isle-Jourdain, from valleys to villages, from ugni and colombard vineyards on sunny Armagnac hillsides to the green, agricultural landscapes of the south.
La Grande Salle - Hôtel de France
Open
13/20
Chef's Restaurant

La Grande Salle - Hôtel de France

Address 32000 AUCH
Chef Vincent Casassus
Cooking French | Modern
Budget 35€ à 80€
Le Domaine de Baulieu
Open
Prestige Hotel

Le Domaine de Baulieu

Address 32000 AUCH
Services Disabled access, On-site catering, Pets allowed, Private Parking, Reception room, Swimming pool
Maison Ramajo
Open
Producer

Maison Ramajo

Address 32000 AUCH
Services Delivery service | On order | Online shop
Chez Lucien, La Cave Conviviale
Open
Wine merchant

Chez Lucien, La Cave Conviviale

Address 32000 AUCH
Activités Cheese dairy
Services On-site tasting
Château de Cassaigne
Open
Winemaker

Château de Cassaigne

Address 32100 CASSAIGNE
La Falène Bleue
Open
12/20
Gourmet Restaurant

La Falène Bleue

Address 32190 LANNEPAX
Cooking French
Budget 24€ à 37€
La Roque
Open
Brewer

La Roque

Address 32350 ORDAN-LARROQUE
Services Delivery service | Equipment loan | Online shop | Services for private events
Le Florida
Open
14/20
Chef's Restaurant

Le Florida

Address 32410 CASTÉRA-VERDUZAN
Chef Marc Abramovici
Cooking French | Gastronomic
Budget 29€ à 82€
La Ferme de Bidache
Open
Breeding

La Ferme de Bidache

Address 32410 CASTÉRA-VERDUZAN
Au Canard Gourmand
Open
11/20
Gourmet Restaurant

Au Canard Gourmand

Address 32130 SAMATAN
Cooking French | Traditional
Budget 18€ à 52€
Maison Le Dé
Open
Delicatessen

Maison Le Dé

Address 32200 GIMONT
Activités Carryout
Services On order | Services for private events
Boucherie Thomas Brocas
Open
Butchery

Boucherie Thomas Brocas

Address 32600 L'ISLE-JOURDAIN
Activités Carryout | Delicatessen

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