summer 2016
Since January 2016, the borders of our region are no longer quite the same. The new territory, which is the size of Austria, includes that of the former Aquitaine and those of two other former regions, Poitou Charentes in the north, on the Atlantic coast, and Limousin, northeast of Périgord. The organisations responsible, in particular, for promoting tourism in these three territories will merge.Without waiting for their future structure to be implemented, they are already working together. This explains why news from Limousin is already being included in these columns traditionally dedicated to Aquitaine. Two major events are due to take place in the coming months: the opening, on July 10, of La Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie in Aubusson and the inauguration of Centre International de l’Art Pariétal Montignac-Lascaux, planned for December.These present two good opportunities for a stay in the surrounding area. This issue is not going to cover the opening of La Cité du Vin.The regional tourist office devoted an article to it in a previous issue – autumn/winter 2015. La Cité was indeed inaugurated as expected on 1 June 2016. Its opening, this year, is of course the highlight of the summer in Bordeaux.
In LIMOUSIN [ ] 3
On the Gironde coast
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In Bordeaux and its vineyards
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In Landes
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In the Basque Country
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Suggested stays
Stay in Aubusson and discover La Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie
© Cité de la tapisserie
In Périgord
350 years after the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson, the wonderful skills of the Aubusson tapestry makers have found a new setting with the opening of La Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie in the former Aubusson National School of Decorative Art,
which has been fully restored as a functional and colourful space. Located halfway between Limoges in the west and Clermont-Ferrand in the east (a 1.5 hour drive from both cities), Aubusson is the only site in the world where all the professions 1