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Boucle pédestre "Vignoble en citadelle" à Blaye

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Description

8 miles stroll between the vineyards and the estuary of Gironde, widest European estuary!

Technical informations

This circuit was updated on: 05/04/2024
14 km
4 h
max. 33 m
min. 2 m
96 m

Altimetric profile

Starting point

, 33390 BLAYE
Lat : 45.126211600364Lng : -0.66400765695668

Points of interest

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Shared by the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers, the Gironde Estuary is the largest in Western Europe (600 km2) and the best-preserved in terms of scenery and the environment. Flanked by Médoc and Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux vineyards, the estuary contains many islands for you to visit, some inhabited and some wild. Carrelet fishing is very common along the estuary. Many fishing huts are perched on stilts along its banks, from which a square net (the carrelet) can be lowered into the water. The word carrelet also refers to those fishing huts. This is a type of fishing at random (the net is brought up regularly and no bait is used), enjoyed by amateurs.

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Hugging the hills and dales overlooking the estuary, the Blaye wine region owes its origins to the Greeks and then to the Romans who planted the first grapevine there (well before any Médoc grapes!). This fertile land in conducive to the expression of red Merlot grapes, the main variety used in Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux AOC wines.

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Citadelle de Blaye

La citadelle de Blaye est aujourd'hui, au sein du Réseau des sites majeurs Vauban, inscrite au Patrimoine Mondial de l'UNESCO avec le Verrou Vauban. Marquée par l'histoire de France et par des personnages illustres, elle vous invite à découvrir de magnifiques panoramas sur le plus vaste estuaire d'Europe : la Gironde. Elle conserve intact le système de défense mis en place par Vauban avec ses 1,5 km de remparts, ses portes et ses souterrains ainsi que les bâtiments nécessaires au bon fonctionnement d'une garnison : ancien couvent, prison, casernement, poudrière,... 1 500 soldats à l’époque de Vauban, plus de 30 hectares de fortifications, la citadelle de Blaye porte parfaitement sa devise : étoile et clé de l’Aquitaine.

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Balisage

Green
Poteaux et porte-flèches

Typologie de l'itinéraire

Loop

Durée moyenne de l'expérience

Over 4 hours

Thèmes

Compostela
Cultural
Historical

Contact

Fixed telephone : +33 5 57 42 12 09
Web site (URL) : www.bbte.fr
e-mail : info@tourisme-blaye.com

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