Angoulême

Beautiful town 30 minutes away, museums, cathedral, water park, gallery, castle and lovely restaurants.

Angouleme is a Bastide town rising some 350m above the Charente River plain. The views are fabulous! You can walk around the rampart, visit the every-day market, eat at a restaurant on the market square and enjoy the shopping, historic churches and Town Hall. Plenty to do and see here. Enjoy the…Frekari upplýsingar

Located on a plateau overlooking the meander of the Charente river, nicknamed the "balcony of the southwest". Angouleme was a fortified town for a long time and was highly coveted due to its position at the centre of many roads important to communication. The town hosts the international comic…Frekari upplýsingar

In September there is the famous Circuit des Ramparts, a great time to see the vintage cars race round the city. There are museums to visit and Angouleme is the comic strip capital of Europe - see Musee de la Bandes Desinees.

Angoulême is a small town to the west of Limoges. The museum, integrated into the hilltop cathedral, has first-class displays of the region’s prehistory and anthropology exhibits from distant parts of the globe, including Australia and PNG. Sections of the Château de La Rochefoucauld at Angoulême…Frekari upplýsingar