The area of angouleme

It is necessary to gain Dirac by the valley of Anguienne, broadside of white cliffs. In the village where houses of the 15th and 16th centuries remain, the Roman church Saint-Martial, by the quality of its lines and its carved decoration, is one of most elegant of Charente. Puymoyen : Cliffs : It is the country of the Eaux Claires's (Clear Waters') valley , oak trees, cliffs limestones and their caves and rock shelters. It is necessary to be trotted on the watershed of cliffs where all the wooded surroundings are dominated. To climb the rocks : Clear Water is a famous site for climbing. The mill of the Orchard: Located at the edge of the river Clear Water next to the rocks, this mill produced, since the 16th century, the famous vergé. This art paper manufactured is intended for the restoration of old books and the binding of art. Enter the mill : look at the workshops, saunter in the driers and the gallery of exposure. Stags of Clear Water : With the farm of Mont Riant, in a park of 15 hectares, you can observe free stags.

The castle of Oisellerie : It dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. Given up a long time, it was repurchased and restored by the Department. To see : the framed crenelated gate of round towers, the home, its windows, the arched rooms which give on the planted garden of old flowers. The planetarium. Ruins of the abbey

The church of Saint-Michel: Not far from the lock Basseau on the hillside, the village houses a rare church, the octagonal cupola. Formerly chapel refuge for pilgrims to Santiago, it is to go inside and outside to the richness of its sculptures (human heads and animals), its gate decorated with palm leaves, acanthus, and interlacing in the eardrum, St. Michael fighting the dragon. Nersac: The mill Fleurac Another mill, witnessed the tradition of paper Angoumois, Fleurac on the banks of the Charente. Here are manufactured manually and using the techniques of the seventeenth paper (wove, laid) for inter alia the National Library. Go over the bridge of wood on the Charente, this will lead you from island to lock. Castle Fleurac: From a Roman fortress, it was rebuilt in the sixteenth, the fashion of the Italian Renaissance (gallery arches, grand staircases, ...). The terraces offer a magnificent view over the valley of the Charente.

Trois-Palis : On a place planted of high trees, the Roman church Notre-Dame is equipped with a carved frontage of high reliefs and with a square bell-tower on three surmounted floors of a conical arrow in stone scales. Let's eat chocolates: for the greedy ones and those who does the same thing, a stage at the Letuffe chocolate factory is necessary to learn about where are manufactured and decorated chocolates of nougats, of "ganache".

Saint-Yrieix: Fresh water and beach. There are here beaches of sand and of green grass, a lake where it is possible to have bathes, to paddle, to wind surf. There is also Nautilis, a ludic space of relaxation during winter like summer, we can plunge in the waves (balneotherapy, water games). Let's go to the edge of the river: for those who like walking, green casting, a shaded way that skirts the river, makes it possible to regain Angouleme.

Balzac: The castle, it is a sober castle built on the edges of Charente river where Guez de Balzac came and wrote his "lettres sur la langue française". What to see: the large arched room, frescos of the 17th century, the small vault. To discover, the fjords: these horses, from Norway, are in the castle.