Charente: what to see and do
43 sites listed in the département. Birthplace of cognac, the Charente cultivates a way of life around its century-old cognac houses, its peaceful river and its Romanesque villages. Angoulême, capital of comics, completes this original cultural identity in the heart of the South-West.
Château de La Rochefoucauld
Historic home of the La Rochefoucauld family, still present after a thousand years. By the quality, diversity and elegance of its architecture, the Château de La Rochefoucauld deserves to be considered one of the most remarkable in France.
La Fosse de l'Ermitage
The Braconne is a vast state forest resting on karst crossed by underground rivers.
La vallée des Eaux-Claires
In the commune of Puymoyen, the Eaux-Claires valley is bordered by high cliffs suited to climbing.
les Sources de la Touvre
The main spring of the Touvre, called locally the gouffre, shimmers at the bottom of a cirque whose limestone escarpments are covered with woods and criss-crossed by picturesque paths.
les grottes du Quéroy
About thirty chambers carved by underground water in the limestone plateau: a developed route of eight hundred metres of galleries lets you discover the limestone concretions, stalactites and stalagmites.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
You discover an old village with its sloping lanes, paved with pebbles, dotted with flowered gardens.
Autruches Cognac
CASSINOMAGUS
Centre National de la Bande dessiné
The imaginary museums of comics. Library: 35,000 albums and monographs, 2,300 periodical titles representing 100,000 issues. Bookshop, children's workshops, cinema. Temporary exhibitions.
Château Chesnel
Château d'Angoulême
Château de Balzac
Château de Barbezieux
Château de Bayers
Château de Beauregard
Château de Bouteville
Château de Chalais
Château de Chillac
Château de Cognac
Castle of the Valois where Francis I was born in 1494 (fine Renaissance rooms, Governor's lodging, helmet room). It has been the property of Otard cognacs since the late eighteenth century.
Château de Fleurac
Château de Montausier
Château de Montbron
Château de Montchaude
Château de Nieuil
Château de Peyras
Château de Rochebrune
Château de Saveille
Château de Verteuil
Château de Villebois-Lavalette
Château de Villevert
Château de l'Oisellerie
Château de la Mercerie
Château de la Tranchade
Donjon de Marthon ou La tour du Bre
FRAC Poitou-Charentes - Site d'Angoulême
Logis du Maine-Giraud
Maison natale de François Mitterrand
Musée d'Angoulême
Parc Animalier de la Colline Enchantée
Safari Parc de Haute Saintonge
Velo Rail
Today, between Roumazières and Confolens, the old railway lines are used for an original rail-bike ride.
Angoulême
