Le Terrain Vallonné

Painting and ceramics in Gers

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Valence-Sur-Baïse
 
Valence-Sur-Baïse is a lovely 14th Century Bastide town in Armagnac country on the banks of the river Baïse. It is well equipped with 3 bakers, 2 restaurant bars, a bank and a grocers. Below the town ramparts, on the banks of the Baï

se is another bar restaurant.

 

 

View from the ramparts

 
Just outside Valence-Sur-Baïse is the 12th century Abbaye de Flaran. The Abbaye hosts an impressive collection of paintings including work by Cézanne, Monet, Rubens...
 
The link below has information about the whole of the Gers departement.