Things To Do in Poitiers

From the cathedral, you can walk to the most ancient Christian monument in France. It was built as a baptistery in the early 4th century on Roman foundations and extended in the 7th century. It contains frescoes from the 11th to the 13th centuries and a collection of funerary…

In the eastern sector of Poitiers is the twin-towered Cathédrale St-Pierre, begun in 1162 by Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine on the ruins of a Roman basilica. The architecturally undistinguished cathedral was completed much later. The interior, 89m (292 ft.) long,…

This church, built in the Romanesque-Byzantine style and richly decorated, is from the late 11th century. See in particular its western front, dating from the mid-12th century. Surrounded by an open-air market, the facade, carved like an ivory casket, is characterized by…

This multimedia amusement park in a suburb of Poitiers is a wonderland of technology that lets you experience sounds, images, and sensations with the world’s most advanced film-projection techniques and largest screens. The architecture is extraordinary—take a peek at the Kinémax, a…

On the site of the old abbey of Ste-Croix, this museum has extensive art and archaeology collections. Exhibits date right back to the Gallo-Roman times, but the really unmissable part is the fine art section that covers paintings and sculpture from the 14th century right up to…