To the north-east of the Massif Central, this is an ideal area for a holiday in the countryside. Soft, green and confidential enough to find peace and quiet. You can plan to discover some very varied sites. Thus, the Reynou Zoological and Landscape Park, the Limousin Aquarium, located in an old underground water reservoir and vaulted Limoges, the Insect City, rich in 10,000 specimens and 98 ha of gardens, the Châlucet fortress, Lake Saint-Pardoux and, the jewel of the Haute-Vienne, the magnificent and wild Lake Vassivière where to practice water sports and nature walks. Haute-Vienne is also home to the infamous martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, which keeps the memory of June 10, 1944, when the population was massacred by the SS. 642 dead! We walk with great emotion in this devastated and deserted village. Haute-Vienne is also Limoges, its architectural heritage and its famous porcelain. A must: the visit of Bernardaud, a family business founded in 1863, labelled "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant", to discover the history, the process, the blast furnaces and the factory shop. You will find other companies on the Limoges Porcelain Roads in Haute-Vienne. Other crafts are promoted in this area around enamel, leather, stained glass, etc. To the south-east, you will discover Mount Gargan, which rises to an altitude of 731m, its heather moors, its peat bog and the remains of the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours chapel and the memorial stone commemorating the acts of the Resistance.
Between the Périgord Limousin regional nature park and the Millevache regional nature park in Limousin, this humid and green territory does not have a very high tourist season, nor does it suffer from very cold winters or scorching summers. One can stay here pleasantly almost all year round. The sunniest and driest season is, of course, summer. Made up of plateaus, crossed by a few gentle valleys, including that of the Vienne, and the foothills of the Massif Central, the Haute-Vienne has contrasting climates, reflecting its relief. Six distinct climatic zones have been identified within which the conditions of altitude and exposure can still lead to significant weather differences.
150 km from the Atlantic, Haute-Vienne has a temperate oceanic climate with a slight mountain tendency, due to its proximity to the Massif Central and its altitude (between 150 and 750 m). Snowfall is limited to one or two days of heavy rainfall per year, usually at the end of January. Summer gives way to a mild autumn, a true Indian summer. The department records about 65 days of rainfall per year. The north enjoys a dry and mild microclimate, unlike the southeast mountain.
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