Combas · Gard · South of France
Combas and the Pays de Sommières
Le Comptoir d'Alexis is 100 metres from the house, the organic grocery 150. On Saturday mornings you go to the Sommières market; in summer every village in the area holds its fête votive, with its bulls and its gardians.
NearbyPays de Sommières
Combas and the area around Sommières
Le Comptoir d'Alexis, the wine shop and grocery, is 100 metres from the house. L'échoppe du Suc, the organic grocery, is 150 metres away; across the street, a bread and pastry vending machine.
Coming soon to the village: a restaurant and a patisserie.
In summer, local growers set up stalls at the roundabouts around the village. On Saturday mornings there is the market in Sommières. Everything else you can explore on foot: the vineyards, the olive groves, the remains of old quarries, the Bois de Lens nature reserve, and the village heritage trail, created recently.
The house, and above all the garden and its lush greenery, will make you feel you are in the middle of nowhere, lost in time.
- Château de Villevieille11.8 km · 15 min
- Sommières, tourist office11.8 km · 16 min
- Le Village des enfants15.6 km · 19 min
- Nîmes Vacquerolles golf course23.6 km · 25 min
- Nîmes arena26.7 km · 32 min
- Electric vehicle charging pointunder 5 min
Driving distances and times, from the Abritel listing.
Where is the house?
Combas, between Nîmes and Montpellier. The map shows the village; the exact address is given on booking.
The bullsCourse camarguaise
Here the bull goes home to the meadow
In the course camarguaise nobody kills the bull and no blood is shed. The raseteurs try to snatch, with a small hook, the red rosette, the tassels and the strings tied to the bull's horns as it brushes past them. The season runs from March to November.
In summer every village in the Pays de Sommières holds its fête votive. Gardians on horseback drive the bulls from the meadow to the arena through the closed-off streets: that's the abrivado. After the course, the bandido takes them back. In between, a peña band plays late into the night and the tables under the plane trees keep getting longer.
Sommières throws the biggest fête in the area, in 2026 from 24 July to 2 August. The dates change from year to year; the tourist office publishes them in spring.
- Abrivado
Gardians on horseback drive the bulls to the arena before the course.
- Bandido
The way home, from the arena back to the meadow, after the course.
- Manade
A bull-breeding ranch. Some manades invite visitors to spend a day with the gardians.