Château Roquefort
Rauzan Château, a contemporary of the Roquefort fortified house, built in the 13th century at the request of John Lackland, King of England
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Discover, encounter, learn, taste, savour – a fantastic programme for all fans of nature, heritage and wine tourism.
Situated between Garonne and Dordogne, Entre-Deux-Mers lives up to its name (meaning ‘between two tides’) and offers a wide range of remarkable landscapes, from the Lot-et-Garonne border to Bec d’Ambès. It is one of six regions featured by Bordeaux’s Wine Roads, and a visit to this vast vineyard area is bursting with surprises and cultural and historical sites.
Château Roquefort is in a perfect location equidistant from Castillon-la-Bataille, Sauveterre-de-Guyenne and Créon.
Not to be missed attractions near to Château Roquefort:
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Rauzan Château, a contemporary of the Roquefort fortified house, built in the 13th century at the request of John Lackland, King of England
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The Benedictine Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure, a masterpiece of 12th-century Roman art, named a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the cradle of Entre-Deux-Mers winemaking
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Targon and its very active tourist office offering walks, mountain biking, an organic market, fishing, an art festival and more
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Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, a fortified ‘bastide’ town with a beautiful central square lined with 13th-century arcades
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Château Roquefort is barely a kilometre from the Roger Lapébie cycle path (named after the winner of the 1937 Tour de France), one of the most beautiful green routes in France according to numerous bicycle touring associations! Since 2009 it has connected the Saint Jean bridge in Bordeaux with Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, covering a total of 54 km. The Creon / Sauveterre section runs for 31 km through Entre-Deux-Mers with an undulating route and a wide variety of landscapes. It is excellently designed with the perfect starting point at the Créon bicycle station in Créon if you would like to hire a bike. An athletic delight to enjoy with your family or friends!
Twenty minutes from Château Roquefort lies a medieval gem: Saint-Emilion also stands on a limestone hill surrounded by gentle vineyard hills and green groves. At the crossroads of Bordeaux, Saintonge and Périgord, in addition to its winemaking pedigree, the city also has a remarkable architectural and religious heritage to be discovered along its narrow lanes and shaded squares. Neighbouring Libourne is a former ‘bastide’ port founded in the 13th century by Roger de Leyburn at the confluence of the Dordogne and Isle rivers.
This is the starting point for the Bordeaux wine road in Saint-Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac, an aesthetic and gourmet journey for fans of wine tourism.
Our highlight off the beaten track: a jaunt among the vine huts: modest little structures built at the heart of the vineyards from the 18th century onwards to house agricultural workers and animals. This rural heritage is wonderfully described in a book by Pierre Lucu called ‘Guide des cabanes de vigne et de pêche de la juridiction de Saint-Emilion’ (‘Guide to the wine and fishing huts in the jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion’, in French only) published by Editions de l’Entre-Deux-Mers. A nice way of paying tribute to the work by generations of men and women who have contributed to building the region’s fame…
Two recommended guest houses:
Moulin de Rioupassat in Rauzan
http://www.moulinderioupassatchambresdhotes.eu/
Villa Beylie in Mérignas
http://www.villabeylie.com/
Our top gourmet destinations
Les Légumes (forgotten vegetables) at Château de Belloc in Sadirac
http://www.ohlegumesoublies.com/index.asp
Les Volailles (poultry) at La Ferme de Vertessec in Avensan
http://www.fermedevertessec.com/
Libourne market, every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
Genuine Saint-Emilion macarons, made by Nadia Fermigier
http://www.macarons-saint-emilion.fr/Accueil.html
Clearly, if you pay a visit to our region you cannot overlook the city which everyone is talking about: Bordeaux, the ‘European Best destination 2015’! The opening of La Cité du Vin in June 2016 means that the city deserves its status as the global capital of wine and wine tourism even more than ever. La Cité du Vin offers an extremely enjoyable multisensory tour (http://www.laciteduvin.com/en), but you can also just go and admire the building and its futuristic architecture or have a drink at Latitude 20, the ground-floor wine bar open to the public with an extraordinary cellar containing more than 800 wines from all over the world. http://www.laciteduvin.com/en/plan-your-visit/restaurants-shops/latitude20
Another museum we particularly like is the Museum of Aquitaine as it contains numerous Neolithic objects found at Roquefort during excavations of the covered walkway. http://www.musee-aquitaine-bordeaux.fr/en
Here are some of our favourite Bordeaux destinations:
Mollat bookshop http://www.mollat.com/
Chocolats Darricau http://www.darricau.com/
Remi Denjean furniture http://remidenjean.weebly.com/
Jean d’Alos cheese
Canelés Baillardran http://www.baillardran.com/en
Canelés Lemoine http://canele.lemoine.pagesperso-orange.fr/www.gb/gb.html
The Chartrons and Les Capucins markets
