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Visit Limoges: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Limoges is not usually featured on a list of 'must be visited places' but actually has an interesting centre, well worth exploring.

Limoges is situated in the Haute-Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Tourist classifications for Limoges include "town of art and history" and "ville fleurie 4*".

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Limoges in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Oradour-sur-Glane at 18 km and Pierre-Buffiere at 19 km.

Limoges, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Aixe-sur-Vienne

at 9 km (direction west-south-west)

The quiet town of Aixe-sur-Vienne has few important monuments, but is a pleasure to...

See Aixe-sur-Vienne guide

Oradour-sur-Glane

at 18 km (direction west-north-west)

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane is a memorial town, now maintained in the condition it...

See Oradour-sur-Glane guide

Pierre-Buffiere

at 19 km (direction south-east)

The small village of Pierre-Buffiere is listed as a village d'etape - a village...

See Pierre-Buffiere guide

Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat

at 20 km (direction east)

Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat, with its medieval houses and collegiale church, is a reminder that the town...

See Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat guide

Le Jardin de Liliane

Garden at 23 km (direction west-south-west)

Le Jardin de Liliane is one of our favourite gardens open to the public...

See Le Jardin de Liliane guide

Lac de Saint-Pardoux

at 24 km (direction north-north-east)

The Lac de Saint-Pardoux s a large leisure lake in the Haute-Vienne department...

See Lac de Saint-Pardoux guide

Saint-Junien

at 26 km (direction west)

After exploring Saint-Junien and the Collegiale Church of Saint-Junien be sure to also visit...

See Saint-Junien guide

Chalus

at 29 km (direction south-west)

Châlus is a small market town with two ruined castles in the Monts du...

See Chalus guide

Montrol-Senard

at 30 km (direction north-west)

Montrol-Senard is a traditional Limousin village which has been turned into an ecomuseum....

See Montrol-Senard guide

Mortemart

Most Beautiful Village at 31 km (direction north-west)

Now listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France', Mortemart is a very pleasant...

See Mortemart guide

Brigueuil

at 31 km (direction west-north-west), in the Charente department

Here in Brigueuil it is the roman style church that is the most interesting...

See Brigueuil guide

Rochechouart

at 32 km (direction west)

On the edge of the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, Rochechouart has a castle and...

See Rochechouart guide

Bellac

at 34 km (direction north-north-west)

The small market town of Bellac has some medieval houses of interest, and a...

See Bellac guide

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

at 37 km (direction south)

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a small town with a collegiale church and a small historic centre...

See Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche guide

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Markets in and near Limoges

Market days in Limoges: weekly market: every day;

• Limoges: market every day (0km)
• Saint-Pardoux: market Wednesday (24km)
• Saint-Junien: market Saturday (26km)
• Chalus: market Friday (28km)
• Bourganeuf: market Wednesday (42km)
• Piegut-Pluviers: market Wednesday (49km)

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Tourist attractions near Limoges, France

What to do at Limoges? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Limoges.

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Limousin (3km)

Heritage sites

• Saint-Leonard de Noblat église (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Treignac (55km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat (20km)
• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (37km)
• Nontron (56km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Perigord-Limousin (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (10km)
• Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (26km)
• Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (40km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin de Liliane (23km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Lac de Saint-Pardoux (22km)
• Site Corot (27km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (32km)

Towns of Art and history

• Confolens (47km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pierre-Buffiere (20km)
• Magnac-Bourg (29km)
• Bessines-sur-Gartempe (31km)
• Bellac (34km)
• La Souterraine (48km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (23km)

Geography and distances

Limoges is in the southern-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Haute-Vienne department (general information: Limoges is 345 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Limoges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Condat-sur-Vienne, Couzeix, Isle and Panazol.

This page in French: Visiter Limoges