If you want to discover Saint-Junien and its surroundings, our hotel restaurant will be an ideal base for your tourist stay!
Saint-Junien, town gateway to the Périgord Limousin Natural Park, located 10 minutes from Oradour-sur-Glane, 20 minutes from Limoges and 10 minutes from Rochechouart!
Glove-making city recognized worldwide for its expertise in working with the skin (mégisserie, glove-making).
Not to be missed:
- La Ganterie Agnelle (to learn more:
https://www.leboeufrouge.com/tourisme-limousin/decouvrir-la-ganterie-agnelle-3.php)
- La Cité du cuir, opening soon (to learn more:
https://www.leboeufrouge.com/tourisme-limousin/decouvrir-la-cite-du-cuir-de-saint-junien-68.php)
- Daguet Maroquinerie: It offers a collection of quality belts and develops the leather goods business in Saint-Junien (to learn more:
https://www.visitlimousin.com/sejourner/activites/les-activites-culturelles/daguet-atels-de-maroquinerie-du-limousin-saint-junien-fr-4130708/)
The historic city center:
- The Collegiale of Saint-Junien: one of the largest and oldest Romanesque churches in Limousines, built between the 11th and 13th centuries. You can visit it freely or by booking your audioguides at the tourist office (to learn more:
https://www.visitlimousin.com/sejourner/activites/les-activites-culturelles/collegiale-de-saint-junien-saint-junien-fr-4130244/)
- The chapel Notre-Dame-du-Pont: located Quai des mégisseries in Saint-Junien, built in the 15th century at the end of a bridge of the 13th century of the same name and restored at the end of the 19th century. Inside, the statue of the Virgin dating from the end of the 12th century.
On the facade: a double door with armorial escutcheons, adorned with an arch in brace, floral pinnacles, and a rose window. (to learn more:
https://www.visitlimousin.com/sejourner/activites-activites-culturelles/chapelle-notre-dame-du-pont-saint-junien-fr-4130241/).
Knowledge :
- La Mégisserie: Installed in the old abbateries, created in 2005 on the initiative of the community of communes, to develop artistic projects. La Mégisserie offers you numerous exhibitions and shows throughout the year. It holds regular meetings with the Ciné-Bourse. Present throughout the territory through its off-site programming that it builds with the municipalities, it also carries out participatory projects, workshops and cultural actions with educational actors and the local associative fabric. (to learn more:
https://www.visitlimousin.com/sejourner/activites/toutes-les-activites/la-megisserie-saint-junien-fr-4129249/).
The walks and hikes:
- Le Site Corot
- Le Sentier des Feutrières
- Le Sentier Les Aubespins
- Le Sentier Chez le Geai
- Around the station of Saint-Junien (short circuit to discover the city center)
- Cycling tours in and around Saint-Junien (for more information visit
https://www.visitlimousin.com/decouvrir/randonnees-sensorielles/le-limousin-a-pied/toutes-les-balades-et-les-randonnees-a-oradour-sur-glane-a-saint-junien-a-rochechouart/).
Rental of electric bikes possible directly at the Saint-Junien Tourist Office, from April to September (for more information: 0555021793).
