Garéoult

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Villages > Garéoult      

Nearby:  | Belgentier 14 km | Besse-sur-Issole 12 km | Brignoles 15 km | Carnoules 17 km | La Celle 14 km | Cuers 13 km | Forcalqueiret 4 km | Mazaugues 12 km | Méounes-lès-Montrieux 9 km | Néoules 4 km | Pierrefeu-du-Var 19 km | Rocbaron 5 km | La Roquebrussanne 6 km | Sainte Anastasie-sur-Issole 7 km | Signes 18 km |

Below: | History | O.T. | Transportation | Hiking | Dining | Lodging Hotels |

This is a nice little place for a visit when you're in the area, and a decent place for a lunch stop. The village has a true heart-of-France lived in feel.

Garéoult has a lot of small fountains and one tall fountain on the Place de la with some interesting sculpted cheribuc-faces [Photo-01].

Many of the village houses are renovated in Provençal colors and others are of natural stone construction.

The village church of Garéoult is the 1884 Saint-Etienne, restored in 1983. On top of the 19th century bell tower is a lovely cylindrical campanile [Photo-05].

A couple of nice old chapels are the Chapelle Saint-Garéoult and the Chapelle Saint-Félix located on a small hill with a source just northwest of the center.

History

Name
First record, 1017 Guardilis

Gallo-Roman: Remains from the Gallo-Roman era included a necropolis with sarcophagi.

Medieval: Garéoult was a domain of the Viscounts of Marseille, and later that of the Abbey of La Celle.

Mairie

Hôtel de Ville, Place de l'Eglise

Tel : 0494 049 472

Web: www.ville-gareoult.fr/
Email: mairie@ville-gareoult.fr

Transportation

Garéoult is served by theses VAR buses:
  - 4402: Toulon, La Valette-du-Var, La Garde, La Farlédé, Solliès-Pont, Belgentier, Méounes-lès-Montrieux, La Roquebrussanne, Néoules, Garéoult, Tourves, Saint Maximin.
  - 4408: Brignoles, Forcalqueiret, Garéoult, Rocbaron, Néoules, Méounes-lès-Montrieux, La Roquebrussanne.

Hiking

Maps:

IGN (1/25,000) #3346 OT "Toulon, Le Gro Cerveau, Mont Faron"

IGN (1/25,000) #3445 OT "Cuers, Pierrefeu-du-Var, Collobrières"

Dining

We saw three places to eat in the center of the village, none of them "high end". Pizzeria Chez Zazou and restaurant Saveurs d'Asie are side-by-side on a side street. We had lunch in the Snack-Café Chez Corinne et Jo on the main street; a lovely lunch, good service and chatty customers were a nice surprise after the innocuous little entry.

Also in the village is the larger Auberge St Médard.

Lodging - Hotels

Hotels in Towns Nearby to Garéoult

• 13 km — Cuers hotels

• 15 km — Brignoles hotels

• 18 km — Signes hotels

• 19 km — Pierrefeu-du-Var hotels