The best MTB trails around Forêt de Boixe

Close to Lichére, a short detour to the unmissable village of Aunac sur Charente, a relaxing break with all shops: bakery, pastry shop, bar, restaurant, general food with local products, butcher, delicatessen, camping, canoeing, guinguette!!

Here you are in the Tusson and Villejesus forest. This is classified as a natural area of ecological, fauna and flora interest. The oaks are very present. By taking the time to silently observe the nature around you, you may come across some animal species. Many raptors find refuge there.

Imposing in this small village, the abbey is easy to find. Built in the 11th century, this abbey was not finally completed until 1170 by Eleanor of Aquitaine. If you are interested in Roman architecture, visit the local museum to learn about the origins of this abbey.

An imposing sight within this small village, the abbey is easy to find. Built in the 11th century, this abbey was only finally completed in 1170 by Eleanor of Aquitaine. If you are interested in Roman architecture, visit the local museum to learn about the origins of this abbey.

This discreet little chateau has its own chapel. It was built by Jean Gaston, colonel of the Saintonge regiment.

The early 12th century church has all but disappeared, itself and the reconstructions have suffered from the military conflicts that have punctuated the centuries. You enter through an open portal in a facade which very well announces the architectural juxtapositions. These last give a particular charm to the building by their inconsistencies. They arouse curiosity and ultimately offer the visitor a certain degree of privacy. An organ with the original story has been installed. It is the ultimate work of Ivan Peychès (1906-1978), a genius scientific researcher but also a visual artist, musician and composer. Brilliant innovator in the field of applied sciences, he will build this instrument in his living room in ten years during his retirement.

The dolmen of Petite Pérotte and its neighbor of Grosse Pérotte belonged to a vast group of funerary monuments dating from the Neolithic period (4500 to 4000 years BC) Its table, that is to say the enormous stone resting on vertical pillars, weighs about 40 tonnes and comes from a cliff on the banks of the Charente 4 or 5 km away ... In the Neolithic period, the dolmen was not visible: it is covered with a stone and earth construction called a tumulus. A covered corridor allows entry into the burial chamber. The excavations and then the restorations carried out in 2012 and 2013 made it possible to materialize on the ground the influence of this circular tumulus, the corridor and a secondary chamber under a stone table now resting directly on the ground.

The parish church of Saint-Martin has a gilded wooden tabernacle from the 17th century showing Saint Christopher, Saint Roch, the garden of olive trees, the flagellation of Christ and Christ on the cross which was classified as a historical monument as an object in 1911. It has kept its massive and defensive character, its groups of old water-leaf capitals, sober and crude in design, its facade, adorned with friezes and small columns, and its Romanesque nave, primitive and dark. A marble plaque bears witness to the memory of Father de La Brosse, a native of the country, a missionary in Canada still called Nouvelle France (1724-1782). The stained glass window of Saint Martin's Charity above the altar is one of his gifts to the church.