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Limoges Map, France

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Limoges Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Limoges with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Limoges useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Limoges!

Limoges Sightseeing

Saint Martial is the one bringing Christianity to the city and many sights are somehow linked, directly or not, to this name. There is the Crypt of St. Martial discovered in 1960, although the relics of the saint found their rest in St-Michel-des-Lions, a church begun in 1364 and adorned in the 15th and 16th century with amazing stained glass windows. There is also an abbey with the saint’s name, founded in 848,... read more

Limoges History

The other settlement, known as “the Chateau”, included the abbey. It was controlled by the abbot and later by the viscount. During these last years, the two settlements did not always get along. The remains of the second settlement’s 12-meter-high walls can still be seen near the center of the city. It took almost 600 years for the two settlements to be combined into one city but this was accomplished in... read more

Limoges Nightlife

The places for dancing are either DJ bars like Le Numero Bis, Nelson Pub (occupying an amazing surface of 700 square meters) or discos. The distinction is not very clear, as many bars have a dancing ring and all discos serve drinks and cocktails. Besides, the great majority offer additional entertainment, such as pool tables. En vogue discos are Le Joker and Le New Boy. For old fashioned people or just in case you are... read more

Limoges Travel Guide

Though many religious edifices were destroyed during the French Revolution, Limoges still houses some of world’s most famous shrines of Christendom like the Crypt of Saint Martial, the Gothic cathedral of St-Etienne (construction of this edifice began in 1273 and continued till 1888), the Chapelle Saint-Aurélien. You will also come across many secular structures like bridges and museums named after Christian saints. read more