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LIMOGES is a pleasant city, if not one that calls for a long stay. Its main draw is the craft industries that made the city a household name: enamel in the Middle Ages and, since the eighteenth century, china, including some of the finest ever produced. If these appeal, then the city's unique museum collections – and its Gothic cathedral – will reward a visit. But it has to be said that the porcelain industry today seems a spent tradition, hard hit by recession and changing tastes among the wealthy. The local kaolin (china clay) mines that gave Limoges china its special quality are exhausted, and the ... More
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LIMOGES is a pleasant city, if not one that calls for a long stay. Its main draw is the craft industries that made the city a household name: enamel in the Middle Ages and, since the eighteenth century, china, including some of the finest ever produced. If these appeal, then the city's unique museum collections – and its Gothic cathedral – will reward a visit. But it has to be said that the porcelain industry today seems a spent tradition, hard hit by recession and changing tastes among the wealthy. The local kaolin (china clay) mines that gave Limoges china its special quality are exhausted, and the workshops survive mainly on the tourist trade, though some are now successfully diversifying into high-tech ceramics.

 
 
 

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Located just 45 minutes north of the Limoge Airport (airport pick up available). Le Canard au Parapluie Rouge is a lovely country home b&b situated on three and half acres of ... More

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