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Mark and Veronica’s Favorite Local Restaurants.
Restaurant ‘Aux Fontaines’. La Reole.
Great combination of real quality; yet a pleasant relaxed atmosphere. Great food, featuring local specialties. Great service. Great local wine. Very nice people. Nice setting. Phone. 05 56 61 15 25.
Ferme Auberge. ‘L’Auberge de Mativat’. As real as it gets. A home farm auberge; where all the produce is home grown, made, reared etc...from the lamb and duck, the wonderful soups, to the wine and aperitif. And fantastic value at €20 per person, for all the food and drink!!. A true south-west France experience. Located in Marcellus, just past Cocumont. ( 15 minutes. ) Yes, you eat on the farm! Run by Stephanie and Pierre; very nice people!
Restaurant et Café ‘Indigo’. Bazas. A restaurant and a bistro, you pick! Again nice people, good food, and very relaxed. The bistro/café option is great for lunch, or a casual night out.
Phone. 05 56 25 25 52.
Restaurant ‘La Vieille Auberge’. Castlejaloux. A ‘Restaurant de Tourism’, with ‘une cuisine inventive’ with local produce.
Restaurant ‘Les Ramparts’. Bazas. Lovely setting, with a beautiful terrace for lunch on a nice day. Again good regional food. Mentioned by Rick Stein.
‘Domaine De Fompeyre’. Bazas. Formal and traditional. A fine setting, and a good menu. Phone. 05 56 25 98 00
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the roofed terrace |
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the side terrace |
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Manoir Caubeyran - gasconmanoir.com - is a dining/gastronomic paradise. Eat in: on one of the six dining areas; the dining room, the winter garden, the great room, kitchen, or outside terraces. Or picnic in the fields, the valley, or woods. Or eat out: in one of the many restaurants, or regional specialist auberges, of the locality, (see below); in Bazas (10mins), famous for its beef, try your luck in one of the wine villages, or visit the world renowned restaurants of Bordeaux. Bazas, Cocumont, the canal, and ‘ferme-auberges’, all within fifteen minutes of the manoir, featured prominently in ‘Rick Stein - French Odyssey’. |
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the shade of the roofed terrace |
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gasconmanoir.com |
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Discover the beautiful Villages of Aquitaine. |
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© gasconmanoir.com 2007/2008 all rights reserved. Photographs/ Text Mark Mulholland; and Comité Departmental du Tourism de la Gironde. Comité Régional du Tourism d’Aquitaine.
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All the space in the world. A picnic in the ‘grand champ’? |
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Restaurant ‘Claude Darroze’. Langon. First Class Restaurant. Traditional gastronomic delights of the ‘Sud-Ouest’. A very memorable holiday treat!! Visit. www.darroze.com Phone. 05 56 63 00 48.
Restaurant ‘Chateau de la Tour’. Beguey.
Lovely setting, in a Cháteau, and wooded grounds. Specialities: Foie Gras de Canard, Poêlé aux lentilles vertes de Puy… Visit. www.hotel-restaurant-chateaudelatour.com Phone. 05 56 76 92 00
Ferme Auberge Aux Repas Fermiers Houn Barrade. Bazas.. First Class Ferme Auberge. More traditional gastronomic delights of the ‘Sud-Ouest’. These ferme-auberge restaurants are the best way to sample the flavor and atmosphere of the south-west of France. The opportunity to visit one should not be missed, (our opinion!!!). An absolutely memorable holiday experience!!
Specialties include: home reared veal and duck, wild boar, tarte bazadaise, and the famous entrecôte bazadaise. Visit. www.bienvenue-a-la-ferme.com Phone. 05 56 25 44 55.
Other Restaurants we recommend. Restaurant ‘Le Pont Gourmand’. Villandraut. Phone. 05 56 25 16 84.
Restaurant ‘Le Medieval’. 16 Ailéé des Tilleuls, Saint Macaire. Phone 05 56 62 28 38.
‘Auberge Les Vignes’. In the beautiful wine village of Sauternes. Our favourite place for lunch. Phone 05 56 76 60 06. Restaurant ‘Le Saprien’. Another in the beautiful wine village of Sauternes. Phone 05 56 76 60 87.
And for a coffee, light lunch, snack etc..try ‘Café D’Oc’ in Bazas, ( just down the lane from the Century 21 office ).
There are many other great restaurants in the neighboring (and bigger) towns of Castlejaloux, Langon, and Marmande. ( all under 30 minutes away ) There is also an international range of Italian, Indian, Thai, Moroccan, and Vietnamese. But on a visit to France, - why bother? Bazas, Cocumont, and the canal, all within ten minutes of the manoir, featured prominently in ‘Rick Stein - French Odyssey’. Or venture slightly further to Nérac, Condom, Agen, Saint Emilion, or Mont-De-Marsan for their local specialties. And don’t forget Bordeaux!
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fantastic family house |