Oradour sur Glane
 

Hey everyone, comments on seeing Oradour sur Glane outside of Limoges as a stopover on our drive between Sarlat and Amboise?

If so, then would we just take the N147 to Poitiers and up to Sarlat? Or would it be doable to stop at St. Savin also and then go up by Chateauaroux and to Sarlat on the A20/E9? Would this be a waste of time adding this on or pushing it too much? I have been hearing that Oradour sur Glane is pretty humbling?

Comments?

Thank you.

emh

www.viamichelin.com suggests staying on the A20 to Limoges before branching off to Oradour. And, yes, it is indeed worth a visit.

Incredible site, unforgettable and haunting. I was so moved I felt I should not take a single picture out of respect for those that were slaughtered.

We visited Oradour-sur-Glane during a two week stay south of Limoges. It was one of the most memorable days of a 14-month trip to Europe. We spent maybe three hours at the site.

You can read about our impressions on my blog: http://www.slowtrav.com/blog/kaydee/...es/000690.html (scroll down to Wednesday). And there are a couple of photos beginning here: http://www.slowphotos.com/photo/show...9&cat=3394

Kathy

I would take smaller roads over to the D704 and then straight down through St Yrieix la Perche, Hautefort, into Sarlat. If you check viamichelin, it will tell you how to get from Oradour to St Yrieix. That part of the D704 is very pretty, and takes you right past the chateau d'Hautefort - quite spectacular.

Definitely see Oradour if you can - it;s incrediby moving.

I wrote my visit last month in my trip report:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34894706

Your question is confusing geographically speaking. You speak of a drive between Sarlat and Amboise, presumably going from Sarlat. Then you talk about going to Chateauroux on the way to Sarlat? Check a map of France and you will see that Poitiers--St. Savin--Oradour-sur-Glane do not lead you to Chateauroux. Why Chateautoux? It's out of the way.

I turned off the motorway and headed along a fairly small road to Oradour sur Glane. It was about twice as far as the first signpost said (I kept wondering if I'd gone past it). There are better routes as I found out when I left it.

At the site, you park across the road, down stairs, through a museum which documents the atrocities, then through a tunnel under the road to the remains of the town.

Sorry, I meant to say on to Amboise. Okay, it definitely is a must to see Oradour sur Glane. So we will go from there to N147 up to Poitiers and then up through Tours to Amboise. Unless there is something else along the way to see?

Thank you for all your comments. This all sounds very interesting and humbling.

emh

Here is one of the photos I snapped there several years ago. My only disappointment was that they added some broken dishes otherwise quite moving.

http://tinyurl.com/v2k7c

It won't let me pull up the picture. It says album not found?

I don't understand why? I click on it and it works.????


http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoVie...d=539173219103

WAAAAaaaa that one Doesn't but the tinyurl did.

We drove from Amboise to Lalinde several years ago, stopping at O-s-G on the way. As others have said, it is not to be missed.

Just wanted to mention a stop we made in Mortemart to eat at Le Relais, a Bib Gourmand choice. We had a lovely lunch inside a walled garden. One of the more memorable meals of that trip.

As we were southbound, we ate before the visit to Oradour. I'm not sure I would have been able to eat, much less enjoy a meal, afterwards though.

Hi eholden123
Whilst on the topic of Oradour sur Glane, I hope you dont mind me asking some questions too?

I am now planning a few days in Limoges, with a view to visit O SG,Can anyone recommend a comfortable and reasonably priced hotel up to about €100. I will be with my 16 yr old daughter so somewhere suitable for her to walk around alone if she wishes.

We will fly in to Limoges airport.
I also want to pick up a hire car in Limoges, any recommendations/suggestions?

Thanks

Muck

Muck,

Europcar has an agency right at the airport. That's where I dropped off my car.

In the off chance you'll return to this thread, Mucky, have you settled on a hotel in Limoges? Any great leads/finds?

We will be spending one night in the vicinity or in Limoges itself.

Leely, for a splurge, try the Moulin de la Gorce.

http://www.relaischateaux.com/en/sea...t/moulingorce/

Thanks for the hotel tips, I have had to delay our trip. We are going to Prague instead, simply because flights were more suitable, but we are planning to do the O SG trip later in the year. At which time I will return.

Many thanks emh for hijacking your thread, (just a little)

Muck

My pleasure, I have done the same. Whatever helps, right?!

Michael, that place looks fantastic but it's a <i>little</i> beyond the budget (for this trip anyway).

Muck, enjoy Prague. Looks like I will be visiting Oradur sur Glane and Limoges first, in late March. Will report back.

And emh, you have no idea how much this thread has helped me. We are spending roughly the same amount of time in the Dordogne is you, so I've been stealing advice.

Dont miss Oradour sur Glane.My wife wanted to stop in Limoge at the factory and I wasnt to excited about it but found that I enjoyed it also.best regards.

We are staying in Paris and hope to take a day trip to Oradour-sur-Glane, transportation-wise how is this best achieved?

Thanks.

I think it is a bit of a stretch for a day trip from Paris. It's a number of hours to Limoges by train and then a car trip. I have no idea of any tour to it--might be.
We went because we were in Limoges.

Mappy says 400 km from centre of Paris to Oradour - not a day trip by car. They actually figure you can do it in 4 hours, but I wonder.

I coudn't get the SNCF site to recongize Oradour, and so I suspect there is no longer service from Limoges (there used to be - some victims of the massacre had jsut got off the tram from Limoges.)

It's well worth seeing, but you will need more time to get there.

thanks for the info. what would be a good website to see the train schedule for paris for destinations such as limoges? and what would be a good website for checking out renting a car in paris? finally, what website would allow me to map destinations ala mapquest from paris? any info would be greatly appreciated.

For train schedules, see http://www.voyages-sncf.com

For road maps, see viamichelin.com or mappy.com.

For renting a car in Paris, try autoeurope.com (although I am sure there are many others).

RE: Round-trip public transport Limoges to Oradour sur Glane

Michael Williams' oradour.info website suggests the option of taking the bus from Limoges Benedictins to Oradour sur Glane but offers no details. Would anyone have first-hand information or be able to suggest a website regarding such a process or options?

Also, if anyone has taken a taxi from Limoges to Oradour sur Glane, any information regarding the fare, the commute time and accessability of hailing a taxi in either direction would be most appreciated...

bookmarking

If I recall correctly it is at least a half hour, maybe 45 minute ride by chartered bus we took. Could be a sizeable taxi fare, plus the waiting time to walk around and experience this village tragedy.

As mentioned above we went to Prague instead.

I was fortunate to visit what is left of the village of Lidice. This has a similar history of being wiped out by Nazis.

Interesting, worth a visit and very very sad.

Oradour one day soon.

Muck

Heinz Barth, one of the principal participants in the Oradour massacre, finally died yesterday. He was freed from prison in 1997. (He had only gone to prison in 1983, after being convicted by the East German authorities for war crimes.)

I shall make a point to visit this place next year.

s

A footnote from the Washington Post:




http://tinyurl.com/382kto

&quot;I have paid long enough.&quot;

I don't think so.

May he rot in hell !!

No remorse!

Why was he sprung after 14 years? If ever LWOP were appropriate, it's with this scum.

(<i>p.s.</i> I hear the Christian belief is that if one is truly remorseful and repents, hell is not inevitable.)