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Poitou-Charentes

21/11/09

20 French cities will host the « Culture Bar-Bars » Festival on November 26, 27 and 28, 2009 !

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For its eighth anniversary, once again the « Culture Bar-Bars » festival will raise top line the artistic excitement offered by cafes and bars throughout the year. For 3 days, from November 26 to 28, 2009, more than 300 live shows with over one thousand artists will be offered in 105 participating bars and in 20 cities! [ Read more ]

By : Toorismag team
28/07/09

Poitou-Charentes, Vendée – the Marais Poitevin, a green ocean

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The Marais Poitevin (litteraly the Poitou Marsh), also known as “Green Venice” in the wettest area, covers about 100,000 hectares and is located in three areas: Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.

This marshland is a unique site in Europe, a natural green paradise with its enchanting genuine villages, festivals, celebrations, entertainment, cuisine and many other activities. Discovering the area is following its waterways and soaking up the local way of life as well as its fauna and flora that make its landscapes so beautiful. [ Read more ]

By : Toorismag team
27/07/09

Poitou-Charentes – The Comic Book Museum in Angoulême

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With its cartoon studio, its painted walls, its unavoidable famous festival of comics as well as its National Centre for Comic Strip and Image, which shows an exhibition of what makes the 9th art wealthy, Angoulême has established itself as the capital of image and comics … and it has not stoped there ! In June 2009, a new comic book museum opened in Chais Magelis, located on the banks of the river Charente. [ Read more ]

By : Toorismag team