Direct train destinations from Angouleme

Paris

Follow the Seine for a while, then take a breather among the paths and chairs of the Jardin des Tuileries.

Strasbourg

Walk beside the canals in Petite France, among its half-timbered houses.

Bordeaux

At Place de la Bourse, façades shimmer in the shallow water of the Miroir d’eau.

Brussels

Pause at the Town Hall on Grand Place and admire the ornate guildhalls around the square.

Toulouse

At the Romanesque Basilica of Saint-Sernin, look up to its tower and the carved capitals inside.

Freiburg

Frankfurt

Take a quiet stroll among exotic plants and flowers in Palmengarten, a leafy break from the city streets.

Orléans

Ten nave windows in Sainte-Croix Cathedral trace Joan of Arc’s life, and she came here to pray in 1429.