Tourism in the Moors

The Tourisme is a major resource of the department of the Landes.

Money coast

Tourism landais concentrates mainly on the coastal areas constitutive of the Côte of Money, where the fame of the conditions of Surf made the round the world tour (several tests per annum). Principal the seaside resorts of the department is (North in the South):

Thermal spas

The Thermalisme attracts many curists. The department counts the thermal spas of:

Dax : first thermal spa of France
Eugenie-the-Baths: first village thinness of France
Préchacq-the-Baths
Saint-Paul-the-Dax
Saubusse-the-Baths

Gastronomy

Culinary specialities

the Foie gras
the Conserve of duck
the chicken of Saint-Sever
the ox of Chalosse
the Plate landaise
the Asparagus of the Moors
the kiwi of the Adour

Desserts

the Tourtière
the Pastis landais

Wines

the wines of Tursan
the Local wines of soils landais, among which the wine of sands
the Armagnac
the Floc de Gascogne

Firm inns

Michel Guérard, with Eugenie-the-Baths
Maïté, with Rion-of-Moors

Pilgrimage

Three of the four historical ways of the Pèlerinage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle cross the department of the Moors:

Via Lemovicensis, at the beginning of Vézelay
Via Podiensis, at the beginning of the Puy-en-Velay
Via Turonensis, at the beginning of Turns

These ways are registered with the world heritage of UNESCO since 1998. The Voie of Soulac Littoral Aquitanian is added to it. The recent beaconing of these medieval ways tends to instigate a new form of tourism.

Sites UNESCO

In addition to the historical ways of Saint-Jacob, four major sites stages landais were registered on the list of the world heritage of humanity the same year:

the Holy-Quitterie church of Surface
the Bell-tower porch of Mimizan
the Abbey of Saint-Sever
the Abbey Midsummer's Day de Sorde and its old monastery Benedictine of the 17th century, with its barn batelière (cryptoportic)

Religious heritage

The churches of the Moors and the abbeys of the Moors, including one certain number are classified by the Historic buildings, form a remarkable religious heritage. The vault Our-Lady-of-Rugby is particularly dedicated to this sport. The department accounts following cathedrals:

See the house of birth of Vincent of Paul to Saint-Vincent-of-Paul

Country houses

Among the most remarkable country houses of the Moors, let us quote:

Nature

the Forêt of the Moors is the largest main forest of Europe.
Hunting for the wood pigeon, woodcock, duck etc
ornithological Pêche
Sites
regional Parc of the Moors of Gascogne
Big lakes landais
Courant landais
Canoë on the Leyre

Landais castles

Among the castles landais most remarkable:

horticultural Gaujacq, and its greenhouses
Montfort-in-Chalosse, and its agricultural productions (oxen of Chalosse, wines etc)
old the Castle of Nolibos, with Mount-with-Marsan
Perquie, its castle of Ravignan of style Louis XIII and his production of Armagnac
the Castle of Woolsack, old property of the Duke of Westminster.

Festivals

Many cities and villages organize festivals in summer period. The most important demonstrations take place:

with Mount-with-Marsan: Festivals of the Madeleine the third week of July, preceded by the festival of art Flamenco
with Dax: the Fêtes of Dax take place the second week of August. The city becomes animated again with Toros there Salsa in September.
with Saint-Vincent-with-Tyrosse, the fourth week of July.

Art & Culture

the Museum of Mount-of-Marsan, the only one in France devoted exclusively to the figurative modern sculpture, shelters works of Charles Despiau and Robert Wlérick.
the Écomusée of the Large Moor recalls the life of the shepherds landais at the 19th century, before the agro-pastoral system landais disappears with the profit from the plantation from the main forest.
the museum Felix Arnaudin with Labouheyre.

See too

External bonds

Tourism in the Moors
Departmental committee of Tourism

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