European Route d'Artagnan - Gers Loop

Certified as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, the European Route d'Artagnan has 6 itineraries which retrace the real life of d'Artagnan and the musketeers as well as their lives fictionalized by Alexandre Dumas.

The three roads that cross the Gers form a 3 km loop that links Auch, capital of Gascony, to Lupiac, birthplace of the famous musketeer, then the episcopal cities of Condom and Lectoure, via La Romieu and its collegiate church.

-From Auch to Lupiac, the Route de l'Infante connects Barran, L'Isle-de-Noé, Bazian and Peyrusse-Grande, in 59 km.

-From Lupiac to Condom, the Madame d'Artagnan road links Roquebrune, Vic-Fezensac, Lagardère, Beaucaire, Valence-sur-Baïse, in 70 km, then joins La Romieu via Gazaupouy in 16 km.

-From La Romieu to Auch, the Royal Road links Lectoure, Fleurance, Montestruc, Montaut-lesCréneaux, Montégut, in 82 km.

By organizing its stops from village to village, in average sections of 13.6 kilometers (from 9 to 19 km), count 18 stages ranging from 2h15 to 4h45 of walking, from 0h45 to 1h40 of cycling and from 1h30 to 3h15 on horseback.
Something to satisfy all levels of practice!

Type : Marked loop

Distance : 227km

Elevation : 3582m

Average altitude : 161m

Max altitude : 271m