What to expect on your holiday in Limousin?
Limousin is an agricultural region, famous for the Limousin cattle breed, a beef cow with a rusty brown coat which is also kept in Belgium and the Netherlands. The area is also famous for its fruit crops, such as cherries, which find a use in the regional product Clafoutis. Located in present-day Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the green, unspoilt Limousin, with its many forests, green meadows, rivers and ponds, is a popular destination among hiking and nature lovers.
Explore Corrèze and the Millevaches Regional Nature Park
In the green Corrèze region, you can hike through the Millevaches Regional Natural Park, with its forests, meadows and lakes, or go white-water sports, rock climbing and mountain biking in the Vézère gorges. You can also get a breath of fresh air on walks around the waterfalls of Gimel and Murel, on the causse corrézien limestone plateau and the upper Dordogne Valley. Its architectural heritage is very special and its medieval villages are considered among the most beautiful in France.
Did you know that the Creuse has so much more to offer than just Le Creuset pans?
In the Creuse, you will find more untouched nature, but also cities full of character, Romanesque buildings, castles and the famous tapestry weaving art of Aubusson. You will find more of this idyllic landscape that will make you completely relax in Haute-Vienne. You will also find an important heritage of architecture and art in the many Romanesque religious buildings, fortified castles, medieval towns and the famous tradition of porcelain.
