The Bords de Vire Festival is a biennial contemporary art event in the Vire Valley. Site-specific works are created in dialogue with the environment.
For a stay in Gourfaleur, the desire to rent a holiday apartment may be part of your travel planning.
Culture
The Église Notre-Dame de Gourfaleur and its stained-glass windows are local cultural heritage sites. The church was built in the 12th century and remodelled in the 19th century. Its western portal is made of Caen stone and has a semicircular archivolt. The nave contains a panelled roof structure dating from the late 15th century.
The choir window “Ange gardien, saint Michel et l’archange Gabriel” is considered a depiction of the guardian angel, Saint Michael and the Archangel Gabriel. The secondary scenes depict a guardian angel rescuing a child from the flames, the appearance of Saint Michael before Saint Aubert, and the Annunciation.
The Château du Béron in Gourfaleur dates from the 17th century. The Manoir de la Cour in Gourfaleur dates from the 16th century. The Manoir de Saint-Lubin is also part of Gourfaleur’s local cultural heritage worth seeing.
Things to do
The Vélorail is accessible to wheelchair users; ramps are available to secure wheelchairs on the rail bikes. The Vélorail activity runs from Condé-sur-Vire to Gourfaleur, along the Vire and the towpath, offering a journey to discover the Vire Valley.
As a return trip, the Vélorail route is approximately 11 kilometres long and takes around one and a half hours. Along the Voie verte between the Pont de Gourfaleur (Bourgvallées) and the Pont de Pont-Farcy (Tessy-Bocage), almost twenty sculptures can be discovered.
Food and drink
Le Comptoir de Gourfaleur is located near the towpath and the Vélorail and is particularly suitable for hikers, cyclists and horse riders.
