Attractions and Places To See around Siest - Top 20

Boats restored by the AdourA Saubusse association

THE BOATS OF THE ADOUR BAYOUNE A galupe used for transporting goods (60 tons) • Flat-bottomed barge with a shallow draft (18 cm) • Length: 18 m; Beam: 3.70 m • Weight: 10 tons • Oak wood • Aft decked with a "half-tillac" or "escapuchot" (shelter-berth and hold) • Rudder balanced by a stone (80 kg) • Equipped with a mast and a single-yard sail LOU TARRIT The couralin used for amateur and professional fishing • Flat-bottomed boat • Length: 5.50 m; Beam: 2 m • Bow with a flat shape • Lug rigging • Navigation: sail, sculling, pole, and oar

Cagnotte Abbey, located in the Landes in France, is a Benedictine and then Cistercian abbey founded in the 9th century. It was founded by Salvius and his servant Mauricius, who were assigned by the bishop of Dax to guard the tomb of Maria Corfedia. In the 11th century, the monastery moved temporarily seven kilometers to the east and in 1097 built a new abbey church. Returning to Cagnotte following a raid by the Normans, the community there adopted Cistercian rule in 1141. All that remains of the abbey is a part of the abbey dwelling which has become a barn and the small parish church reduced to the sanctuary, the choir bay, the side and cross chapels of the transept of the former Notre Dame de Corheta abbey church. This church houses the tombs of the Viscounts of Orthe and Adelaide of Anjou. The abbey experienced a slow decline from the Wars of Religion until the Revolution. In 1776, Louis XV authorized the demolition of the monastery. Source: Wikipedia, Cagnotte Town Hall, Festival des Abbayes

In Saubusse, you follow the Adour on the old towpath which has become EuroVelo n°3 the Scandibérique. The Barthes, vast flooded meadows shared by geese, horses and cows, not forgetting egrets, herons, storks as well as a rich flora of wet meadows.

An educational structure The Maison de la Barthe is located at the heart of a scheme to enhance the natural area (Natura 2000) of the Bois de Boulogne. Gateway to this protected area, it offers visitors the opportunity to learn about local biodiversity and more broadly about the challenges of sustainable development through events, exhibitions, conferences or workshops at their destination. the general public or schoolchildren. Source: https://www.dax.fr/vivre-a-dax/environnement/la-maison-de-la-barthe/ Several hiking trails are available, they can be done with the family.

Located on the banks of the Adour river, the village of Saubusse and its picturesque streets will be a first choice stopover. A few shops and restaurants, a 13th century church, a small river port with a shaded picnic area, an old towpath laid out for lovely walks.

Do you smell this smell? It is the thermal water that springs naturally in Dax. If you approach, have fun touching the water that comes out of the fountain, you can see that it is naturally hot.

The hot fountain known as the Nèhe spring takes its name from a Norse goddess of water. It is built over what is believed to be an ancient Roman bath. The water is at a temperature of 64°C and along with the mineralization of the water and silt from the local Ardor River, a thermal mud is made which is used locally as a rheumatology treatment.