Cars: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Cars is home to the Église Saint-Pierre de Cars, a Romanesque church dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. Its bell tower is covered with polychrome glazed tiles. The church stands on a rock and offers views of sunsets over the Gironde estuary. Vineyards cover 80 percent of the municipality of Cars.

Renting a holiday apartment in Cars can be part of your personal travel planning.

Culture

Opposite the church stands the 18th-century presbytery of Cars. Its courtyard contains a dovecote dating from the mid-19th century; its roof is covered with colourful glazed tiles.

The main building of Château Cantinot has two turrets.

Wine

Château La Cassagne-Boutet is one of the oldest estates in the municipality of Cars and offers to take visitors on a tour of the winery during their stay in the region.

Following prior contact, Vignoble Philippe de Lagarcie offers tours with wine tastings.

Château Peybonhomme-Les-Tours has a room dedicated to travel featuring old nautical charts, allows visitors to climb a 18th-century battlemented tower with 360-degree views, and offers a wine tasting featuring two red wines and one white wine.

The Château Bel-Air La Royère winery covers 14 hectares, has been farmed organically since 2019, and offers a tour with wine tasting year-round from Monday to Friday at 3 p.m.; seasonally, there is also a workshop where visitors can create their own cuvée.

Châteaux Solidaires vinifies the grapes from around ten winegrowers separately.

Other places: Coirac, Grignols, Vayres, Baron, Avensan, Le Bouscat, Saint-Quentin-De-Caplong, Mazion

To the higher-level travel overview: Gironde.