Things to do in Angoulême
Around Angoulême, Notrebellefrance lists 14 tourist sites within 18 km, including 6 castles, 3 museums and 3 natural wonders. Not to be missed: La vallée des Eaux-Claires, les Sources de la Touvre and La Fosse de l'Ermitage.
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.
La Fosse de l'Ermitage
The Braconne is a vast state forest resting on karst crossed by underground rivers.
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.
Musée d'Angoulême
Château d'Angoulême
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.
FRAC Poitou-Charentes - Site d'Angoulême
Château de l'Oisellerie
Château de Fleurac
Château de Balzac
Château de la Tranchade
Château de la Mercerie
