In the heart of Var, as you can easily see on the map you could find on our web site « how to find us « ,Lorgues,LORGUé in provencal language, is easy to discover.
ROAD
Only 12 kilometers from the motroway name “ La provençale” Way out in Le Luc, Le Cannet- des- Maures, Vidauban Take direction of Le Thoronet
RAIL
Railway station is located in Les ARCS-Draguignan distant of 18 kilometers ( 20 minutes to reach our house )
AIRPORTS
Nice Côte d’Azur one hour about 100 kms
Marseille Mariganne 1 Hour and half
Toulon Hyeres 45 minutes
We are in the center of department le Var from north ( Gorges du verdon ) to south (Saea and beaches )
HISTORY
We could find the name of Lorgues: Lonicus in old languagein 986 in different books
The village is located on the medieval road, and also along the Royal Road.
In the 12 century Lorgues was a part of Comté de Provence and later in 15 century Lorgues was attached as the County to the kingdom of France. We could find in our house history from Lorgues to buy.
TO VISIT
First The Thoronet Abbey well known but also
Dolmens in landscape, old town, lovely chapels as Benva with pictures or St férréol. Many fountains in the old center, which beautyful is “ la fontaine de la noix”
She was built in marble an she was in activities during different centuries to give water to walkers.
Tuesday in Lorgues there’s a big market, one of the most important in the department and also in Provence.
Often in summer more than 5000 people come there to visit the market, rich coloured.
From Lorgues, you could find and discover surrounds not so far from the city: old villages as les Arcs-sur-Argens or perch village likeMoissac-bellevue in the north or Callian in East.
