Saint-Élix-Theux: Apartments and Holiday Homes

Saint-Élix-Theux is located in the countryside, offers mountain views and includes a location in the village centre. Those travelling to Saint-Élix-Theux may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture

A Gallo-Roman villa was discovered at La Grange in Saint-Élix-Theux. A fragment of a votive altar from this archaeological site is kept at the Musée Saint-Raymond – Musée d’archéologie de Toulouse in Toulouse. The Communicare d'Elparo sculpture is also one of the town’s cultural highlights: it was created as part of the Campagn'art International Sculpture Symposium.

The village of Saint-Élix-Theux is a historic site and a listed historic monument; admission is free. It can be visited individually, free of charge and without a guide at any time.

Landscape

The Chapelle de Theux in Saint-Élix-Theux offers an outstanding panorama over the valleys, meadows and wooded slopes of the Gers and Astarac at the foot of the Pyrenees. The chapel’s location is also a popular spot for watching sunsets.

Things to do

Les murs en damiers à vélo is a 39-kilometre cycling route that leads to the Chapelle de Theux in Saint-Élix-Theux before returning.

In the vicinity of Saint-Élix-Theux are the Château de Loubersan, a château, the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Berdoues, an abbey, and the St Maurus church in St-Maur Gers.

Wider surroundings

In the wider regional surroundings of Saint-Élix-Theux is the Musée des Jacobins, a museum. Also located there are the Grottes de Montmaurin and the Grottes de Lespugue, both caves, as well as the hill of le Plèche.

Further destinations: Simorre, Courrensan, Estang, Saint-Mont, Noilhan, Gée-Rivière, Avezan, Ségos

To the higher-level travel overview: Gers.