Vic Fezensac
Which ever route you take into Vic Fezensac, you’ll enjoy the most incredible scenery, through the undulating patchwork that constitutes the Gascony hills, with the Pyrenees to your south and fields of sunflowers, cultivated wild flowers, sweet corn and the occasional duck a journey past Vic Fezensac offers outstanding scenery!
It’s too easy to bypass this historic town, ignore the signs to send you on the link road and head straight up to the high street to the “Centre Ville”, where you will be greeted with a warm welcome, and given the chance to sample the local delicacies – the obsession for traditional cuisine in France starts here with an array of specialist epiceries offering some of the best Armanac and Fois Gras the Gers has to offer, all exquisitely gift wrapped with chic gold bows.
It’s the Gemini of market towns, with traditional colombage buildings interspersed with crepe or concrete facades and illuminated Tabac signs, a market area with stunning French stone arches surrounding the once quaint square that now serves as a car park, with bandstand in the middle! The town lays dormant in the winter months, with the onset of spring offering a wealth of culture, tradition and festivals.
To understand Vic Fezensac, you need to appreciate its history – “Vic” being “a village without walled protection” its history through time has been chipped away, and modern society too has done it no favours, but look hard and you’ll discover some hidden gems. The Saint – Pierre Church, is an architectural mish mash originally constructed in the 12th Centaury is one of those landmarks that tells the test of time, partly destroyed in the Wars of Religion of the 16th Century, the church was restored with a new bell tower “twice”, the first being too small.
Perhaps it’s the years of living without walled protection, or simply the nature of the village, but if there’s ever an excuse for a party, it happens here. Starting with Pentecost weekend, when thousands of visitors swarm the streets for the famous bullfighting, admittedly it doesn’t appeal to everyone’s taste, but the carnival atmosphere engulfs the town with bars and restaurants playing live local music staying open until the early hours of the morning.
In July the Latin beat of Salsa grips the town with over 3 days of constant partying, by night the streets are strewn with colour, rhythm and dance, when morning comes, they’re sweeping up the debris and preparing for the next onslaught, this is a carefully managed and wonderfully orchestrated display of unity, with a cosmopolitan feel and rhythm to tap your feet to! With worldwide cuisine and a warm French welcome, this is a jolly good excuse to visit the village.
If the locals go… then it has to be good, and Vic Fezensac, is best known in the region for its evening markets on the last 2 Wednesdays of July, and the first two of August, over 150 stall holders cram the narrow streets, and the car park vanishes to expose traditional French traders selling their home baked goods. The bandstand finally comes into its own, competing with the band on the next corner playing traditional Basque numbers. From confit (duck) to an old fashioned cassoulet, it’s an evening of temptation offering some of the finest cuisine in France. Pause for a locally produced saucisson, Floc de Gascogne or Armanac, whilst lapping up the traditional French ambience… for by morning, you’ll have a parking ticket on your table!
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23 km: Condom (town) 27 km: Fources (Most beautiful village) 20 km: Larressingle (Most beautiful village) 24 km: Montreal-du-Gers (Most beautiful village)
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