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Discovering Poitou-Charentes
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To go from Paris to Poitiers

By car : Follow highway A10 to exit 21 (340 km). Info: Cofiroute

By train : TGV departure Paris Montparnasse Station, arrival Poitiers Station (1h30). Information: SNCF




1st day

Morning : visit of Poitiers, art and history city, high place of the Romanesque art in France (Notre-Dame-la-Grande Church, St-Pierre Cathedral, law court, St-Jean Baptistry, Hotel Fumé...).
Lunch on the spot
Afternoon on the way to St-Savin (41 km) following N151 to visit the St-Savin abbey which brings together the most numerous Romanesque murals in France. Information: +33.(0)5.49.48.66.22.
End of the afternoon, return on the way to Poitiers to visit the medieval city of Chauvigny (18 km from St-Savin). In summer possibility to attend shows withbirds of prey at the Château des Aigles. Information: +33.(0)5.49.46.47.48.
End of the afternoon return to Poitiers to have dinner. Polychromic appointment of the front of Notre-Dame-la-Grande Church (summer evenings only). Information: +33.(0)5.49.41.21.24.

On the tour

- Acadian museum Farm of Archigny (Archigny, 12 km South-East of St-Savin following D11).
- Nouaillé-Maupertuis abbey (10 km South-East of Poitiers) build in the end of 7th century. Romanesque and classical abbatial.

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2nd day

  • Morning, on the way to the European park of image of the Futuroscope (North Poitiers). Information: +33.(0)5.49.49.30.00.
    Lunch and dinner on the spot.
    In summer night pyrotechnic show and water games.
    Night in Poitiers.
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    3nd day

    Morning on the way to Coulon (following N10 up to Niort then D9 up to Coulon) for a boatride in the Marais Poitevin. Information: +.33.(0)5.49.35.99.29
    Picnic on the spot.
    Afternoon, return to Niort to visit the old city.
    End of the afternoon, return to Poitiers via Bougon (D737 South-East of St. Maixent-L'Ecole) to visit the Tumulus Museum of Bougon: neolithic tumulus and a collection of archaeological objects.
    Dinner and evening in Poitiers.

    On the tour

    - Gallo-Roman site of Sanxay (25 km South-East of Poitiers following D3) witness to a pagan shrine (amphitheater, thermae, remains of a temple). Information: +33.(0)5.49.53.61.48.
    - Saint-Martin abbey (Ligugé, 5 km South of Poitiers). The oldest and most famous of Gaul, build in the 4th century by Saint-Martin. Information: +33.(0)5.49.48.34.61.

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