Limousin, France travel guide
Limousin is found in the centre of France, around the town of Limoges. Much of the region is at an altitude of more than 350 metres - and the landscape is typically forested hills and open moorlands.
The climate is not always especially inviting - rain can be frequent and winters cold in parts of Limousin, and the region is not yet highly placed on the tourist circuit, but Limousin has a great deal to offer and is perhaps perfect for those wishing to explore somewhere off the beaten track. There are three departments in Limousin - Creuse, Haute-Vienne and Correze.
Places to visit in Limousin
Although Limousin is something of an undiscovered region of France it is often very beautiful. Lakes and mountains, valleys and forests, interspersed with crashing rivers and tiny lost villages all combine to give the Limousin its own very distinctive personality. Quiet roads, an unspoiled calmness (and the chance to see plenty of the famous Limousin cattle), make the area one well worth exploring.
Selected Limousin highlights
Haute-Vienne / Creuse
Oradour-sur-Glane: Photo courtesy Dennis Nilsson, Sweden
The Haute-Vienne / Creuse is less visited than its southern neighbour, Correze, but has its own quiet highlights waiting to be discovered eand explored.
Limoges is capital of the Haute-Vienne department. To the north-west of Limoges a particularly poignant visit is to Oradour-sur Glane, the village destroyed by the Germans during the second world war (Haute-Vienne), while to the east is the town of Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat.
The gateway to the Regional Natural Park of the Perigord-Limousin is at Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Rochechouart is the site of a meteorite impact and an attractive chateau, while the countryside to the north of Haute-Vienne also has some interesting sights and places to visit eg Bellac and Le Dorat.
In the Creuse department visit Aubusson, known worldwide for its rugs and tapestries.
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Correze
Collonges-la-Rouge photo by Jan Rees
Meymac is a town with several interesting architectural highlights in the south-east of the Limousin, just east of the pretty village of Saint-Angel.
To the south of Brive a cluster of 'three most beautiful villages of France' includes Turenne, Collonges-la-Rouge and Curemonte - the three are each unique and well worth exploring.
Also nearby is the pretty town of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, with the village of Argentat a little way to the north.
The pretty scenery and the proximity of this group of villages to the eastern Dordogne and northern Lot departments, each also very attractive, makes this the most visited part of Limousin.
The town of Donzenac is towards the west of the Correze department, north of Brive-la-Gaillarde.
Slightly further north and on the Vezrez River is the impressive walled town of Uzerche while other 'most beautiful villages' in Correze include Treignac and Ségur-le-Chateau.
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