Vidouze: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Vidouze originated from a medieval castle settlement located on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

Anyone choosing Vidouze as a travel destination may be planning to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

Vidouze has two churches dedicated to Saint James. As early as the Middle Ages, the village had a religious foundation dedicated to Saint James. Also during the Middle Ages, a feudal estate in Vidouze belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Larreule. There are also traces of Neolithic settlements in the Vidouze area. The former church of Ariagosse was converted into a chapel.

Routes

The GR® 653, the Via d’Arles, crosses the area from Monlezun to Vidouze over approximately 33 kilometres. A section of the Via d’Arles on the GR® 653 from Lahitte-Toupière to Anoye is 18.3 kilometres long and takes six hours on foot. After 4.1 kilometres, or approximately one hour, the pilgrimage route reaches the Mairie de Vidouze, where there is a water point. From the Mairie de Vidouze, the route follows the Cami de Lacoume below the church.

Orientation

A La Vie Douce in Vidouze is located in the Maison Peyroy, a former farmhouse and manor house dating from 1818. Opposite the kiosk in Vidouze is a cooperative grocery shop.

To the higher-level travel overview: Hautes-Pyrénées.

More destinations

More places in the same destination:

Marsac, Ozon, Préchac, Asque, Saléchan, Aragnouet, Arcizans-Avant, Aspin-En-Lavedan.