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Nerac

Nerac is a town on the southern edge of the Lot-et-Garonne department of south-west France.

Without major highlights (except the castle) it is nonetheless a pleasant town to spend a morning exploring, and there are some interesting medieval buildings to discover around the town which lies on both sides of the Baise River.

The cluster of buildings just north of the Vieux Pont is a good place to start, then explore the section of the town south of the river and between the two bridges (behind and south of the castle).

It is the Chateau Henry IV at Nerac that attracts most visitors to the town, and only a part of the original chateau remains...but it is a very impressive wing of the original castle, with an outward curving wall and an arcaded balcony with decorative columns running along the first floor level.

The castle now houses a museum tracing the history of the region, and in particular of the Albret region - the historically important region that had Nerac as capital and lay on the northern edge of Gascony.

Like other historical region names (Gascony, Perigord, Quercy) the Albret name is now used in much tourist information to describe the region around Nérac (and Castejaloux).

 

Nerac: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites

Town on river at Nerac, France
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Places to visit - Nerac

Explore places within about 70 kilometres on a map at Visit Nerac.

Some of the closer places are listed below (distances from Nerac are approximate and direct - as the crow flies. Only places listed on the france this way site are shown!)

 

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