Samatan: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Samatan leisure complex covers approximately 16 hectares and includes a 9-hectare lake.

A holiday apartment in Samatan can be selected according to your own preferences.

Nature and Leisure

The Samatan leisure complex has a fitness trail, a pump track, a miniature golf course, a fishing course and several picnic tables. It also offers opportunities for hiking, Nordic walking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding and cycling with electric assistance.

The Lombez–Samatan cycle path provides access to the sports facilities and the leisure complex at Lac de Samatan. It enables residents of Lombez and Samatan to reach the large Monday market in Samatan without a car. In Samatan, a 1,000-metre-long, water-bound section of the Lombez–Samatan cycle path runs alongside the leisure complex; this section has lantern lighting.

Culture

The Fontaine de Samatan was built in 1843 as a horse trough. The neoclassical fountain complex has been listed as a historic monument since 1998. The Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste dates from 1890, is neo-Gothic and decorated with 28 statues of saints.

Galane - Lombez is an ancient site in the vicinity of Samatan. Le Prieuré des Bernardines is a historic site in the vicinity of Samatan. Abbaye de Goujon is a historic site in the area around Samatan. Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur is a historic site in the area around Samatan.

Cuisine

The Samatan market takes place every Monday morning with more than 200 mobile traders as well as 80 local artisans and producers. The Marché au gras de Samatan specialises in whole fresh goose and duck foie gras, sold directly by the producers.

At the Marché des Petits Producteurs around the poultry hall, 20 to 40 vendors sell fruit, vegetables and garden produce directly. Samatan has had a hall for live poultry every Monday since 1964.

Surroundings

Le Plèche is a hill in the wider regional area around Samatan.

Other places: Montadet, Gimbrède, Monties, Mauroux, Saint-Mézard, Seissan, Panjas, Mirande

To the higher-level travel overview: Gers.