Limoges
Limoges is a city in the Limousin region of France.
- For other places with the same name, see Limoges (disambiguation).
Get in
By plane
Limoges is mostly served by low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet, with flights mainly from United Kingdom.
- 🌍 Limoges – Bellegarde Airport (Aéroport de Limoges – Bellegarde), 81 Av. de l'Aéroport (7 km west of Limoges, bus #26 runs between city centre and the airport a couple of times a day, however, not at convenient times for most flights. A taxi will run you €28 to the centre of Limoges (€38 on Sunday). You can take buses #17 and #33 from Le Breuil which is about 2km walk away, down a busy road with no pavement to the main bus terminal (Place Winston Churchill), operating to similar sparse timetables to the airport bus.).
By train
There are direct connections with Paris, Toulouse, and several regional destinations.
- 🌍 Limoges-Bénédictins railway station (Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins), 4, place Maison-Dieu.
- 🌍 Limoges-Montjovis railway station (Gare de Limoges Montjovis), Pl. des Charentes. Small station only served by regional TER trains.
Get around
There is an adequate local and regional bus system for longer trips, operated by STCL. Walking is the obvious choice within the city centre.
See
- 🌍 Limoges Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges), 1 Pl. de l'Évêché, ☏ +33 5 55459810.
- 🌍 National Museum Adrien-Dubouché (Musée national Adrien-Dubouché), 8Bis Pl. Winston Churchill.
- 🌍 Museum of Resistance in Limoges (Musée de la Résistance de Limoges), 7 Rue Neuve Saint-Étienne.
- 🌍 Limoges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Limoges). Roman Catholic church. It's built in a combination of Gothic, Renaissance and Romanesque architectural styles reflects the fact that construction started in 1273 and did not finish until 1888. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Limoges.
- 🌍 Chapel of St. Aurelianus (Chapelle Saint-Aurélien). Houses the relics of relics of St. Martial and has stain glassed windows. It also has the most striking feature including the 65 m high tower with a spire surmounted by a big bronze ball.
- 🌍 Church of St. Michel des Lions (Église Saint-Michel-des-Lions).
- 🌍 Châlucet Castle (Château de Châlucet) (10 km south of Limoges,). Ruined castle built during the 13th century.
- Bridges of Saint Martial and St-Etienne
- Botanical gardens including Jardin botanique de l'Evêché and Jardin botanique alpin "Daniella"
- Chateau de La Borie is home to the Centre Culturel de Recontre de la Borie et l'Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
- Crypt of Saint Martial
- The Castle with 12-metre-high walls.
- The railway station, Gare de Limoges Bénédictins, inaugurated in 1929 and built in Byzantine style.
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