Brocante markets are popular in France. They are a place where collectors and lovers of antiques and vintage objects meet to buy and sell.

They are mostly organized around historical locations in the open air. You can find the calendar on these sites: info-brocantes, brocabrac and vide-greniers .

• Le Bistrot Simple honest French cuisine, 14 Place de l'Eglise, 16260 Chasseneuil sur Bonnieure, Tel 06 41 58 12 78, Summer open Tuesday to Saturday from 7:30 am to 10 pm

• Auberge de l'Argentor , 17 Rue Guillaume le Noble, 16700 Nanteuil-en-Vallée , Tél 05 45 31 85 20, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays

• Chez Steph Specialist in beef Limousin, 48 Rue des Halles, 16110 La Rochefoucauld , Tel 05 45 62 09 11, open from Tuesday afternoon to Sunday afternoon (closed on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings)

• Le Moulin De Verteuil , 4 Allée du Moulin, 16510 Verteuil , Tel 05 45 29 04 77

• Le Tilleul du Gourmet , new culinary highlight in Chasseneuil sur Bonnieure, 7 Rue du 8 Mai 1944 et du 8 Mai 1945, Tel 05 45 93 53 92, open at noon from Tuesday to Saturday and in the evening from Wednesday to Saturday

• Le Rejallant , on the banks of the Charente in Ruffec, Detente Aire de Rejallant, Condac, Tel 05 45 30 79 67 , closed Monday and Tuesday

• La Debauche , beer-tasting brasserie quirky place where metal, concrete and modern paintings come together to drink a beer brewed on site, 13 Rue des Lignes, Angoulême,

• Aubeterre-sur-Dronne , the most beautiful village in France with its underground monolithic church ( maps 94km )

• Cellefrouin with its renovated church of Saint-Nicolas ( maps 4km )

• The village of Oradour-sur-Glane ( 62km 53min ) is an impressive monument to the atrocities committed by the Germans during the Second World War: almost all the inhabitants of the village were killed and the entire village was destroyed.

• Les Amiraux , Jean-François Allard family vigneron, 75 Rue des Pinsons, 16430 Champniers , 30 minutes just above Angoulême, Tel 06 83 18 00 27 or 05 45 22 76 36, open on Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 7 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM to 12 PM.

• Distillerie des Moisans , 9 impasse des Chais, 16440 SIREUIL 1 hour drive, Tel 05 45 90 55 45, open by appointment

Chevrerie chez Boye near Nanteuil-en-vallée, Super friendly welcome. To do with the kids Milking the goats together at 17:30. Extra cheese and a very good price-quality ratio.

Tel +33632274069, open Tuesday to Saturday from 3pm to 7pm

Al vijfentwintig jaar deelt Alain Lhoumeau zijn passie voor motorfietsen en bromfietsen uit de jaren ’60 en ’70. In zijn ongewone museum, dat hij bij hem thuis in Gensac-la-Pallue heeft ingericht, verzorgt hij meer dan 200 tweewielers, waarover de 79-jarige gepensioneerde eindeloos kan praten.

nabij Cognac (60min rijden) 25 Rue des Encloux, 16130 Gensac-la-Pallue, Tél +33545359183