This festival takes place every August in Confolens and brings cultural acts from all over the world to participate alongside French shows. You must go if it is on during your stay. Continue reading Festival of Confolens
Festival of Confolens
“Fire and Earth” Brigeuil (10 km)
This is a traditional ceramics and pottery maker. The local area is famous for its clay (it hosts the largest tile factory in Europe at Roumazieres-Loubert). Continue reading “Fire and Earth” Brigeuil (10 km)
Ferme de Javernac (8km)
This dairy farm is open to the public and produces organic yogurts, white cheese and creme fraiche. Yum! Using traditional methods and their herd of 140 cows in 200 hectares this farm shop is well worth a visit for organic, traditionally made dairy products.
Webpage: http://www.chateaudelaredortiere.com/page/6/la-fromagerie.html
Acrobranche, Massignac
An adventure park suspended in the trees! With zip wires running out over the Lake Mas Chaban. Bungee jumping, rope bridges. 70 activities of varying difficulty. A great day out, but minimum height restrictions apply. Continue reading Acrobranche, Massignac
Brantome
“France’s Venice”, Brantome is a gorgeous canal-crossed town an hour’s drive south of us in the Dordogne. You can take a boat trip, see caves troglodites and have lunch in one of the many open air restaurants. A lovel day’s outing. Continue reading Brantome
Chateau La Rochefoucauld
The Chateau at Rochefoucauld. Rather easier to digest than the chateaux in the Loire, as it is smaller, well restored and furnished and is still lived-in by the family. Well worth a morning’s visit – kids (of all ages!) can dress up in mediaeval costume for their visit.
The town is also charming with good places to stop and eat.
World War II memorials around Chabanais
Chabanais World War II sites of interest
The National association of former combatants and Friends of the Resistance have collated and commemorated a number of sites around Chabanais that were significant to the struggle of the Maquis (The Resistance) against the occupying German forces in World War II.
Continue reading World War II memorials around ChabanaisGallo-Roman Influence around Pressignac
See the impact that Roman influence left on the shape of Pressignac
On the crossroads of ancient trade routes north and south.
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A tumulus covering a 500 BC Chevalier’s burial, La Motte, Pressignac. |
Memorial to the French Resistance at Chasseneuil
This memorial was erected in the forests where the “Maquis” dug in against the Germans. 2,026 members of the resistance and French army are buried in the cemetrery here. There is a small museum on site as well. Open all year round.
Website: http://www.chasseneuil.fr/batiments_historiques.php
Feature Image Credit: Stéphane Charbeau, Photo-Charente.com
The Rochechouart Meteorite
