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Home Buyers Guide to Property for Sale in Aquitaine
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FRANCE, Aquitaine, Gironde 33, Libourne
€453,680
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 6
ACCESS TO AQUITAINE
Bordeaux: British Airways from London Gatwick. FlyBe from Southampton. Bmi from Birmingham & Manchester. Easyjet from London Luton and Bristol.
Bergerac: Ryanair from Stansted, Liverpool, Bristol & East Midlands. FlyBe from Exeter, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Southampton & Leeds.
Pau: Ryanair from London Stansted & Bristol.
Biarritz: Ryanair from Stansted, Luton, Birmingham, Dublin & Shannon. Easyjet from London Gatwick and Bristol.
TGV to Bordeaux and across the region by SNCF.
Bordeaux is around 8 hrs from Calais, Perigueux 8 hours, Bergerac 8½ hours, Villenueve-sur-Lot 9½ hours and Biarritz 10¼ hours.
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Gironde, Pellegrue
€392,200
Property: Farm For Sale
Bedrooms: 4
Presentation of Aquitaine
With “terroir” ranging from the rolling hills of the Dordogne, through the plains of the Gironde, the beaches of the Landes to the peaks of the Pyrenees the Aquitaine has it all.
Whether the lifestyle you dream of is to be found in cosmopolitan Biarritz and Bordeaux, the countryside between Agen and Perigueux, in the surf of the Atlantic or the ski runs of Gourette the Aquitaine will help you find it.
Places of interest in Aquitaine
The Coast of Aquitaine
As far as you can see, a long, golden, beautiful beach part of 270km of protected shore with Europe's largest inland sea, the Archachon Basin, being the only indentation between the Gironde estuary and the Pyrenees. Behind the dunes, which include the highest in Europe is the largest planted conifer forest on the continent as well.
Inland
In addition to those historical treasures, there is another treasure: a contrasted nature that offers a multitude of landscapes and atmospheres favorable to every type of vacation and leisure time : Périgord's forest and bocage, the Entre-deux-Mers and Bordeaux wine-growing regions, Agen's green-houses, the Landes forest, Béarn and the Basque Country, both belonging to the Pyrenees Piedmon
Wine in Aquitaine
In Aquitaine, you will see, nobody escapes the wine tradition. More than two thousand years of communal life have woven close ties between man and vine. Thus, Aquitaine invites you to discover its different appellations : from the most prestigious vintages of Médoc or Saint-Emilion to the cellars of Duras and Jurançon by way of Bas Armagnac, wine-tasting addresses are numerous.
The Pyrenees
The Pyrenees mountain, which in its Basque part exceeds 2,000 meters only at Pic d'Orthy, offers its green meadows, its moor and above all its typical villages where tradition and folklore still mingle with natives' life for tourists' delight (Basque pelota, strength games, dances and fairs). Further South, the Pyrenees range rises as to offer in the NaturalPark's magnificent setting, every instance of mountain sports, summer hiking, climbing, as well as snow fields and developed resorts that allow the practice of all the winter sports.
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Gironde 33, Navarrenx
€333,900
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 4
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Gironde 33, Sauveterre De Bearn
€140,000
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1
€296,000
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1
History in Aquitaine
Aquitaine (Latin: Aquitania), an area roughly corresponding to the south-western third of France, was one of the three divisions of ancient GAUL. After 500 years of Roman rule, it fell to the Visigoths in the 5th century and then to the Franks when they defeated the Visigoths in 507. The Franks rarely maintained strong control over Aquitaine, and in about 725 it was raided by the Muslim conquerors of Spain. The Frankish leader CHARLES MARTEL crushed these invaders in 733, and Aquitaine became part of the Carolingian empire. In the 9th century the leading counts and other nobility gradually freed themselves of royal control. Bernard Plantevelue (r. 868-86) and his son, William I (r. 886-918), whose power was based in Auvergne, called themselves dukes of Aquitaine, but their state disintegrated. William V (r. 995-1030) founded a new duchy of Aquitaine based in Poitou. It reached its zenith under William VIII (r. 1058-86). When William X died (1137), his daughter ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE married Louis VII of France, whom she divorced in 1152 to marry Henry II of England. She maintained an elegant chivalric court at Poitiers. Her sons, Richard I and John, and their successors as kings of England were dukes of Aquitaine (later known as GUIENNE).
The French conquered Poitou in 1224 and other parts of Aquitaine in the next century. English victories during the HUNDRED YEARS' WAR enabled Edward III to reconstruct the old duchy in the 1360s, but France finally conquered the remainder of it in 1453.
Gastronomy in Aquitaine
Fois gras, prunes and the best-known vineyards in the world. Need one say more…
Climate in Aquitaine
Enjoying the second highest number of days of sunshine in France the sun is warm well into late autumn and spring arrives earlier than further north, the proximity to the sea creates a milder climate on the coast and a greener region even though inland temperatures can sore into the 40C's.
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne 47, La Reole
€345,750
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 5
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Gironde 33, Monsegur
€195,000
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 3
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Lot and Garonne 47, Mezin
€695,000
Property: Château - Manor House For Sale
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64, Lembeye
€299,000
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2
FRANCE, Aquitaine, Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64, Hagetmau
€195,000
Property: House For Sale
Bedrooms: 3
