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Limoges
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: May to June, and September to October
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Welcome
Limoges, in a few days
France's capital of porcelain and enamel: a national museum holding 18,000 pieces, one of the finest Art Deco railway stations in the country, the timber-framed houses of Rue de la Boucherie and Limousin beef at the covered market. Oradour-sur-Glane is about twenty kilometres away.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 2 things
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Adrien Dubouché National Museum · about 1 h 30The world's largest public collection of Limoges porcelain, following the craft from local kaolin to the kilns, then ceramics from antiquity to today.
- Afternoon · Les Halles covered market free · about 45 minAn iron market hall built from 1885 to 1889, with a frieze of porcelain panels under the roof showing the food sold below.
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D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Boucherie quarter free · about 45 minA street of timber-framed houses where butchers kept their stalls for centuries, with the small baroque chapel of their patron, Saint Aurélien.
- Afternoon · Limoges Museum of Fine Arts · about 1 hIn the eighteenth-century bishop's palace, eight centuries of Limoges enamel, from medieval reliquary caskets to Renaissance painted plaques and modern work.
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D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Saint-Étienne Cathedral free · about 30 minA Gothic cathedral in hard granite, begun in 1273 and only finished in 1888, with a 62-metre bell tower on a Romanesque base.
- Afternoon · The Bishop's Palace Gardens free · about 45 minTerraced gardens stepping down from the cathedral to the Vienne: formal above, a botanical garden of local, medicinal and world plants below.
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D4
Day 4
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Limoges-Bénédictins station free · about 30 minA 1929 station built on a deck above the tracks, with a 67-metre clock tower and a copper dome mixing neoclassical and Art Deco.
- Afternoon · Oradour-sur-Glane, the martyred village free · 2 to 3 hWhere an SS company killed 643 people on 10 June 1944; the burnt ruins, rusted cars and sewing machines have been left as they were.
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Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Baguette: the daily bread, bought fresh from the boulangerie. Ask for a "tradition", made with nothing but flour, water, salt and yeast.
- Croissant and pain au chocolat: breakfast pastries, best in the morning while still warm.
- The cheese course: served after the main dish and before dessert, from Comté to Camembert.
- Steak frites: the bistro standard. Order it "saignant" for rare or "à point" for medium.
- Galettes and crêpes: savoury buckwheat pancakes from Brittany filled with ham, egg and cheese, then sweet ones for pudding.
- House wine: ordered by the carafe or the "pichet" at lunch, and often better value than a bottle.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Say "bonjour" when you walk into a shop, a bakery or a café, and "au revoir" as you leave. Skipping it comes across as rude.
- Lunch runs from about noon to 2pm and dinner starts around 7.30pm. In between, most restaurant kitchens are closed.
- Most shops close on Sunday, and many small towns shut on Monday too. Bakeries and markets open on Sunday morning.
- Do not pay for bottled water at the table: ask for "une carafe d'eau", tap water that is served free with a meal.
- Around the big Paris sights, walk past anyone with a petition or a friendship bracelet. They are there to distract you while someone else takes your wallet.
Getting by
Words that help
English ↔ French
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Hello | Bonjour |
| Thank you | Merci |
| Please | S'il vous plaît |
| Yes | Oui |
| No | Non |
| Excuse me | Excusez-moi |
| Goodbye | Au revoir |
| Do you speak English? | Parlez-vous anglais ? |
| I don't understand | Je ne comprends pas |
| How much is it? | Combien ça coûte ? |
| Where are the toilets? | Où sont les toilettes ? |
| The bill, please | L'addition, s'il vous plaît |
| Help! | Au secours ! |
| Cheers! | Santé ! |
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyEuro (EUR, €)
BudgetAbout €78 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMay to June, and September to October
PlugC/E · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink
TippingService is included by law, round up
Emergency112
EntrySchengen area: an ID card or passport for EU citizens, 90 days visa-free for UK, US, Canadian and Australian passports.
HealthNo specific vaccination needed. Check that tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR are up to date.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
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