Aubeterre sur Dronne, classified among the most beautiful villages of France.
Built as a amphitheatre on a chalk cliff witch gave its name (alba terra, white ground). Aubeterre overhangs the green valley of the Dronne. It’s in a bosky bower that one discovers, inclined lanes, there paved and strewn with gardens. Offering their frontage to the sun, the houses equipped with chalk white, confer on the village a meridionnal charm. Some are decorated galleries of wood or balconies flowered.
For the Flâneurs, guided tours of the village in the summer and all year for the groups. (to contact the tourist office)
With the turning of the narrow and excarp lanes, you’ll discover the place Ludovic Trarieux. The village gave homage to this famous aubeterrien, born in 1840 and founder of the French League of the humans right and of the citizen. It’s on this place that the market is held, so typically French.
For the greedy ones, return every Sunday morning, Market day.
Aubeterre remained alive and a animated village, carried by its antique shops and craft industry, the local products, and his exceptionnel inheritance.
For the curious ones, a voyage in the past.
If you like the beautiful stones return to the square of the St Jacques church, witch preserves a very beautiful roman frontage. At the top of the village, the castle shows off its last tower proudly. But the true jewel of this village is the St Jean monolith church dating from the Xll century. It is entirely dug in the stone and its height of more than 20 meters.
Visit Aubeterre in the south of Charente
