Châtellerault / Lussac-les-Châteaux
Châtellerault boasts an impressive historical legacy and on a stopover here you can even discover its industrial heritage. As well as the charming town centre where the fully restored Italian-style Blossac Theatre stands out alongside Renaissance-style monuments, the former arms factory, with its two imposing brick chimneys, also grabs visitors’ attention. Continuing along the Scandibérique, many surprises await, notably at Vouneuil-sur-Vienne, with Le Pinail Nature Reserve, or then at Chauvigny, its medieval centre rising from its rocky outcrop. Lastly comes Lussac-les-Châteaux and the five mighty pillars of the former drawbridge to its single château!
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Road types
Surface
The route
More or less following the banks of the Vienne River, going via minor roads or county roads, in the main. Take particular care at the following junctions: with the RD3 road at Bonneuil-Matours; with the RD951a at Chauvigny; and with the N147 at Lussac-les-Châteaux. Signposted EV3.
Surfacing smooth: asphalt.
Trains
- Train stations at Châtellerault and Lussac-les-Châteaux
Don’t miss
- Châtellerault: its heritage, including industrial
- Vouneuil-sur-Vienne: the Réserve Naturelle du Pinail; the Moulin de Chitré
- Château de Touffou and its gardens
- Chauvigny: the historic medieval centre
- Civaux: the Musée Archéologique; Planète des Crocodiles
- Lussac-les-Châteaux: Musée de la Préhistoire
