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Garéoult is a plain little town in the western Var, south of Brignoles. It's essentially a residential town in a wide farming valley of the Issole river.
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Nearby: |
Belgentier 14 km |
Besse-sur-Issole 12 km |
Brignoles 15 km |
Carnoules 17 km |
Celle 14 km |
Cuers 13 km |
Forcalqueiret 4 km |
Mazaugues 12 km |
Méounes-lès-Montrieux 9 km |
Neoules 4 km |
Pierrefeu-du-Var 19 km |
Rocbaron 5 km |
Roquebrussanne 6 km |
Sainte Anastasie-sur-Issole 7 km |
Signes 18 km |
Hotels near Garéoult: |
13 km Cuers |
14 km Celle |
15 km Brignoles |
18 km Signes |
19 km Pierrefeu-du-Var |
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
Bus
Department 83, Var Buses
See Beyond's Bus Schedules Page 16: Var Department for downloading Var bus-lines map [Plan du Reseau] and bus-line schedules [Horaires] (link for PDF files).
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
• 14 km — Celle hotels
• 15 km — Brignoles hotels
• 18 km — Signes hotels
• 19 km — Pierrefeu-du-Var hotels
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Photo gallery of 6 photos for Garéoult