Limoges Airport

About Limoges

Although Limoges was founded in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus and boasts 2,000 years of history, Limoges rarely seduces visitors enough to stay much longer than a day.

The old quarter in the west of the city, away from the St-Etienne cathedral, has half-timbered houses and narrow streets. The château quarter, the modern commercial part of Limoges, swirls around the Place de la République.

Along Rue de la Boucherie (restaurants now replace the butchers’ shops that lined the street in the middle ages) are found two dark churches. St Michel des Lions is dominated by two quite startlingly beautiful 15th century stained glass windows. The skyward soaring, gothic cathedral hosts an ornate renaissance rood screen.

Limoges fame as a centre for porcelain began in the 1770's, when a discovery of extremely high quality kaolin was found in the nearby village of St Yrieix.

About Limoges Airport

Limoges Airport is located 8km west of Limoges. Limoges Airport has 2 runways, the longest of which is tar and measures 2,500m. Limoges Airport can process 200,000 passengers a year. There are 300 free parking spaces, and there is a taxi service from Limoges Airport to the nearby city of Limoges.

87100 Limoges,
France

http://www.aeroportlimoges.com