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The Baïse River Discovery Trail is very pleasant and very bucolic. The Baïse has been a communication and navigation route since the Middle Ages. Barges (gabarres) or bachots (bachots) traveled down the river to Agen, transporting agricultural goods, wheat, wine, Armagnac, timber, and more. Twenty-one locks are located along its length. Today, it is used by unlicensed boats and converted barges. You will pass Flaran Abbey, a superb Cistercian building founded in 1151 and very well preserved. This trail along the Baïse is very well laid out; I even found dry toilets just before Valence-sur-Baïse, next to a picnic area. Bravo again!

Condom, a former episcopal city crossed by the Baïse River, is renowned for its Saint-Pierre Cathedral and its Armagnac-related past. In front of the cathedral stands the famous statue of the Four Musketeers (D'Artagnan and his companions), a tribute to Alexandre Dumas' novel and the famous captain's Gascon roots.

Superb Cistercian building founded in 1151, very well preserved.

Accessible and fairly hilly route. For a first timer, it's quite good for warming up.

Take advantage of this tour to see the double lock of Graziac. Very beautiful place.

Condom is a Gascon episcopal city, stronghold of the most famous of musketeers: d'Artagnan. The statue of the 4 musketeers by Dumas has stood in Place Saint-Pierre since its inauguration in 2010. This town is crossed by the cycle route 82 known as the Baïse valley. The city is very lively and offers many activities.

A good physical condition to cross the Gers, a lot of elevation changes

Flaran Abbey permanently houses the special 'Simonow' Collection with some 100 extraordinary works of art from the 17th to the 20th century. The collection consists of works of art by world-renowned artists such as Braque, Cézanne, Chagall, Courbet, Delacroix, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Rodin, Rubens, Tiepolo, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Michael Simonow started collecting in 1964 at the age of 18. Since 2002, his prestigious collection has been loaned to Flaran Abbey.