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Every evening, discover a luminous and magical open-air show on the facade of the Saint-Pierre de Queyroix Church. A colorful animation that goes beyond the boundaries of age and immerses you in the magical world of Christmas. Every day from 18:00 a.m. to 21:30 p.m.
- Musée National Adrien Dubouché
- Limoges Cathedral
- Jardin Botanique de l’Evêché
- Cour Du Temple
- Musée Des Beaux-Arts
- Rue de La Boucherie
- Musée de La Résistance
- Chapelle Saint-Aurélien
- Gare Des Bénédictins
- Église Saint-Pierre-Du-Queyroix
Limoges is one of the world’s porcelain capitals and is the rightful home of France’s national museum for this craft. The attraction is heaven for aficionados, with around 300,000 ceramic items, many of which are implausibly dainty. The newly refurbished galleries chart the history of ceramics, with examples from all the main stages in its evolutio...
Limoges has the sort of flamboyant gothic cathedral you normally only get north of River Loire. And even though it was started in the 1200s and not completed for another six centuries there’s a satisfying consistency to the building. The interior’s most valuable decorations are from the renaissance. First you’ve got the rood screen, an ornament tha...
After leaving the cathedral you could wander the five-hectare park arranged on terraces over the steep right bank of the Vienne. The views from the terrace walls are gorgeous, and you’ll pass a refreshing hour or two investigating the various gardens. With more than 1,000 species the botanical gardens are laid out by theme, so you’ll see plots of p...
Connecting Rue de Temple and Rue du Consulat is a fabulous 17th-century public courtyard that you have to enter through a dim passageway. This soon opens out onto a lovely cobblestoned space enclosed by four-storey timber-framed mansions. On the ground floor there’s an arcade, with carved capitals, linking each building, now filled in with shops. A...
Every French city has a Museum of Fine Arts, but few are as indispensable as the one in Limoges. First off, the setting is delightful, in the former Episcopal palace next to the cathedral. The galleries have just been updated too, and has a layout that draws you in and keeps you riveted for hours. You’ll get to see one of the world’s richest collec...
One street suffused with a medieval atmosphere is Rue de la Boucherie (Street of the Butchers) in the Quartier du Château. You won’t need telling that this is where the butchers’ guild used to be, but you may be interested to know that the entire guild was descended from just six families. The Maison de la Boucherie will show you how they went abou...
Limousin was a Resistance hotbed during the Second World War, and the massacres at nearby Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane were the sad cost paid for this rebellious spirit. So it’s right that there should be a museum in Limoges dedicated to the Maquis du Limoges, which was one of the largest groups of French Resistance fighters. There’s a lot of inform...
When this dinky chapel in the Butchers’ district was sold off as a national property after the Revolution it was bought by a member of the former butchers’ guild (disbanded in the Revolution), and has remained in their hands since. The chapel was built in the 1400s, and despite being so small that you could easily miss it going past, there’s some p...
OK, so a railway station might not usually be high on your sightseeing itinerary, but Gare des Bénédictins is among the most beautiful in Europe, and has a few special idiosyncrasies. One is that the whole structure was built on a huge 90×70-metre platform suspended right on top of the ten railway lines. The hall and its tower were completed in 192...
This modest-looking church in the Quartier du Château was built between the 1200s and 1500s, and has many interesting features to look out for. The steeple has a format that is replicated across Limousin, with a square base and an octagonal design at the top. Then you have to pause by the stained glass windows, made in the 1500s by Léonard Pénicaud...
- Limoges train station (Gare de Limoges) This might seem odd but the train station has to be one of the must-see places to visit in Limoges. If you’re arriving or leaving by train you’ll get to see the ‘Gare de Limoges’ or if you’re doing a day trip from the city, like the trip I did to nearby Aixe sur Vienne.
- Picnic in Champ de Juliet. This is a beautiful park in the city centre and it is close to the train station, it’s literally across the road. It’s a relatively small park so it won’t take long to walk around.
- Limoges Cathedral (Cathedral St Etienne) A prominent feature in any city and Limoges doesn’t disappoint. This beautiful cathedral is situated in the middle of Limoges smaller historic district, known as Quartier Historic de la Cite (there are actually two).
- Botanique Garden, L’Eveche Gardens and city views. Situated behind Limoges Cathedral the Botanique Gardens are tucked out of the way. But be sure to add it on your list of things to do.
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Aug 7, 2023 · What to do in Limoges? Here you will find the best activities and experiences to do in and around Limoges.
Jan 15, 2022 · Limoges is tucked away in the lush Haute-Vienne department of south-west France. In between two regional parks , Limoges is famous for being the centre of French porcelain, yet its history in the decorative arts spans way back to the middle ages.
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