Discover Auros

Auros brings nature and built heritage together as a framework for planning your trip. Its landscape includes a Natura 2000 site and a botanical trail through a juniper forest. Churches, an abbey, medieval wall remains and historic houses add evidence of several centuries to the picture. If you are looking for a hotel in Auros, you can choose the focus of your stay based on whether nature, church architecture or the historic village centre is most important to you.

Nature and landscape around Auros

Auros is one of the 19 municipalities in the 715-hectare Natura 2000 site “Réseau hydrographique du Beuve”. The Sentier botanique de Monco botanical trail runs 500 metres from the village of Auros and winds for 1.5 kilometres through a juniper forest.

The AOA offers guided tours of the Monco grounds from mid-April to mid-June. This is a seasonal offer; check the latest dates before travelling.

Churches and abbey

The Church of Saint-Germain in Auros dates from the 11th and 12th centuries. Its exterior architectural features include a round-arched west portal and a double-arched bell gable.

A 17th-century fresco adorns the choir’s flat rear wall. It depicts an altarpiece with fluted columns, as well as Saints Clair, Bishop of Lectoure, and Quitterie with the martyr’s palm. The painting is damaged. Saint-Germain thus offers two distinct aspects: its exterior design and a church interior with figurative decoration.

The Romanesque Notre-Dame Church in Auros was restored in the 19th century. The parish church of Auros preserves a decorated and gilded choir stall from Sainte-Marie du Rivet Abbey. Its provenance creates a tangible link between the abbey and the furnishings of the parish church.

Sainte-Marie du Rivet Abbey is said to have been founded in the time of Charlemagne. The restored abbey church includes 13th-century walls and columns, as well as Merovingian capitals and corbels.

The abbey can be visited year-round by appointment. Arrange your visit before travelling.

Historic village

The historic village preserves an 18th-century covered arcade and houses dating from the 16th century. These buildings complement the churches with residential houses and a covered walkway as further features of the village landscape.

Auros’s baronial castle also bears traces of the Middle Ages: a semicircular tower and some medieval walls have survived. Together with the historic houses, the arcade and the churches, they offer different perspectives on Auros—from architectural details of individual religious buildings to features of the village and the surviving castle remains.

Discover more destinations: Saint-Ferme, Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle, Pujols-Sur-Ciron, Sainte-Terre, Cantenac, Rions, Saint-Philippe-D'aiguille, Preignac

For the regional travel overview: Gironde.