| The local area - places to visit, links to useful websites. |
Les Croix is situated in the "Pays du Charente Limousine", the area where the Regions of Charente and Limousin meet, and is characterised by beautiful rolling hills, heavily wooded areas and green fields and the area is studded with lakes.
On arrival you will be presented with a welcome pack which gives details of all the local tourist attractions. Below are some useful website addresses : http://www.charente-limousine.fr
http://www.visitcharente.com/
This is a very rural area but excellent facilities are available a short drive away, there are a lot of excellent restaurants within 30 minutes drive of the lake, we have visited many of them and will be happy to advise you .
The Charente is officially the second sunniest Region in France after the Mediterranean coast and has long warm summers which often continue well into November. The Limousin also offers many towns and villages to visit, including Mortemart which is 15 minutes drive, and has been voted one of the 130 most beautiful villages of France.
The "Monts de Blond" are very close by, these are the first foothills of the "Massif Central" and provide an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The nearest village is Montrollet which is within walking distance (or 2 minutes in the car) it has an Auberge (bar/restaurant) where you can have a drink at the bar or a meal and sit outside overlooking the Town Lake . There is also a bar/tabac/restaurant in St. Brice which does an excellent three course lunch for €12, only 10 minutes drive away in the direction of St.Junien. In Lesterps, which is only 10 minutes drive away, is a superb French Resataurant where you can have a 3 course evening meal for around € 25, and it is one of the best restaurants we have ever visited in France !
La Vallée de la Vienne (The River Vienne Valley) runs through the area from Limoges through St Junien and Chabanais and then to Confolens (recommended vor a visit) and is full of scenic countryside and charming French villages.
There are plenty of shops in the large town of St Junien which is only 12 minutes drive from the lake on excellent roads.
For lovers of history, the "martyr" town of Oradour sur Glane ( where near the end of the second world war, all the inhabitants of the town were murdered by a division of the Nazi Waffen SS and the village destroyed) is only 10 minutes drive from the lake and is recommended for a visit - it has been preserved exactly as it was left and is a reminder to all of the atrocities committed in the war.
http://www.oradour.info/
The large city of Limoges is 30 minutes drive away, and has all the facilities you would expect. http://www.ville-limoges.fr/limoges/weblimog.nsf/Accueilgb?OpenPage
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