Oradour sur glane (1 Viewer)

[The Cruisers]

We are going to France at end of October for a week via the tunnel. Do you know how far Oradour is from the tunnel and I assume it's not closed off in the autumn/winter months?
Do you know If there is somewhere for motorhomes to park there?
Few questions here, I know, but would appreciate your help.
Thanks

 

[Munchie]

From tunnel approx 7/8 hours.
It will be open.
Really good aire there.
About 45 minutes from Parc Verger

Hope that helps!

 

[cliffanger]

There is an Aires in the car park area. Not sure how far it is from the tunnel but i'de say its in the centre of France. We visited it when staying in the Limousin.

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[Techno]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/C...x90b3f3e36e4b3259!2m2!1d1.032746!2d45.9310789

 

[Techno]

Aire

 

[brynric]

We stayed at Oradour a few years ago in February(?). The aire was open but the facilities were closed. And it was cold! It was the only time our frost protection has kicked in when we were in the van.
When we visited the memorial there were very few people about and odd flakes of snow drifting in the wind. Much more atmospheric than a busy summer.

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[Techno]

Can always stay at Parc Verger and just visit Oradour

 

[Ivory55]

We arrived at the aire the night before and spent the whole day there, it is really worth going to. The aire was quiet, got a good nights sleep there.

 

[Fragle]

Large aire within walking distance sign posted and quiet. Toilets and water there. Very moving place enjoy and remember

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[BobtheBass]

Excellent place to visit, and it's free (if you don't visit the exhibition). Can't say it's enjoyable as such, but you have to go.

 

[Dorwyn]

It stays with you, the visit. I was born in 1942. There's a picture of the children in the class of '42, all of them were murdered. It's a very telling, and chilling, reminder - to leave the whole village as it was. Oddly enough, I saw no German visitors while I was there. What are we like, us humans?

 

[xsparks]

Be sure to take an umbrella if the weather looks like it could rain ,there is nowhere to take cover whilst in the village.

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[Findlaters]

We visited last year. The car park has plenty of MH parking bays. It was late in the afternoon when we arrived, after visiting the village (which was very moving) we intended going to the aire, but when we got back to the van we noticed that most of the vans looked like they were settling in for the night. The Belgian couple who were parked beside us, told us the aire was full and they were staying the night, so we did. We had no problems and a very good nights sleep.

 

[Clarky]

If its any help, I wrote about Oradour in my blog a couple of years ago.
There are loads of photos too.
https://motorhomemoments.wordpress.com/2014/06/

Richard.

 

[SomeoneElse]

There is enough reading about the events and people involve here http://www.oradour.info/ to keep you going for a month or three.

If you want to stay a little north of the place I recommend St Benoit-du-Sault (46.441474, 1.393148). A few miles off J20 of the A20, list in the most beautiful villages in France. Parking is free, water is two euros using a credit card and the free WiFi from the tourist Office reaches the MH parking spaces.

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[ianandkath]

we were there last month. very moving place. the aire is ok but not flat,and the bays are a bit small for larger mh.
we moved to parc verger for 3 nights, and if you use the toll roads you can do calias in about 7 hours.
we stayed at cite europa before catching an early ferry .

 

[colyboy]

If in France and near here, YOU MUST visit. Then have a hard think of what is going on in world!!. It will not be an enjoyable visit but a visit is a must.
colyboy

 

[Terry and Jan]

We have looked up the village and the story, very moving. Since we will be going through Limoges next week we intend to go and 'take a look' and stop over on our way towards the Loire Valley, thank you!

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[Dave K]

If its any help, I wrote about Oradour in my blog a couple of years ago.
There are loads of photos too.
https://motorhomemoments.wordpress.com/2014/06/

Richard.

Very interesting read Richard, would love to visit the historic WW2 sites at some point, I lost both my grandfathers in WW2

 

[androidGB]

It is a very special place and should be treated with respect.

Unfortunately when we were there, a couple were laughing and joking doing selfies with the church in the background, and they were old enough to know better

Andrew

 

[Camping Parc Verger]

If you visit Oradour sur Glane why not come and visit us here at Parc Verger. We have The Munchies, Dipping a toe, Army two wheels and Ian the builder on site at present.

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[vwalan]

another place many pass is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Guernica
many will remember the painting by picasso.
we do live in a strange world .
in the uk plymouth was another place worth visiting . it was almost totally destroyed .

 

[Nethernut]

We were there two weeks ago, had a job holding back the tears in the hall where the actual massacre was described. There were several parties of school kids there when we were, including a large group of Brit teenagers, none of them were making any noise, in fact they hardly spoke going round, everyone was very respectful and stunned at the awfulness of the thing.
Another place we visited this trip was the Bretonne museum of the resistance in St Marcel, this is the spot where the resistance first won a battle against the German army. Very interesting museum, worth a visit. We stayed on the lovely free aire at Malestroit.

 

[Clarky]

It may be my imagination but there seemed to be a total lack of birdsong in the old village.
We hadn't noticed it until we left the village and climbed the slope from the underground museum and entrance. At the top we stopped to get our breath and sat on a low wall with a blackbird singing in the bushes behind us. It was only then that we realised we hadn't noticed any birdsong during the hour or so we had walked round.
Did we imagine it?
Have others noticed the same thing?
If you are visiting soon please remember to listen out and report back. It would be interesting to know.

Richard.

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[parknride]

Agree with that @Clarky

It's a must visit, allow plenty of time.

 

[kip]

We had the same regarding little if no birdsong?The child's toy push chair that has been left in the church is so symbolic. Very moving experience.I think I'm right in saying that it's part of the french school corriculum for every child to visit Orador sur glane.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I noticed on the website it says no dogs. Is this the whole site or certain areas, how close is the parking to the village as we could leave her in the motor home for short periods.

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[Clarky]

I noticed on the website it says no dogs. Is this the whole site or certain areas, how close is the parking to the village as we could leave her in the motor home for short periods.

The aire is quite a walk away from the old village but there is day parking quite close by.
Although it's a couple of years since we were there I'm sure there was room for motorhomes in the car parks.

Richard.

 

[cliffanger]

I noticed on the website it says no dogs. Is this the whole site or certain areas, how close is the parking to the village as we could leave her in the motor home for short periods.

When we were there, admittedly 6 years ago, they had a covered area where you could tie the dogs up out of the sun, complete with bowls of water.

 

[sedge]

We noticed no birds at all and therefore no song when we visited some years ago. I felt the church did not feel like any church I have ever been in, weird - it was just a completely barren building that made me want to cry. After we left Pete said what he thought. That all the souls of all the people who ever lived there, have left.

Not far from Limoges is a village called Sussac where the local group of the Resistance which Violette Tsabo belonged to, were based. She was killed by the Germans not far from the village on the way from there to Mont Gargan, and there is a very simple memorial to her at a 'V' in the road. We hadn't realised before the moment we came across the memorial - that this was the reason the old café in the centre of the village, didn't look as though the old frontage, the shopfront, had been painted for decades. The café isn't there now - but it's frontage is preserved and no doubt it has been decorated, but to look as if it hasn't.

Very interesting story - Google the name! Lac de Vassiviere (on the plateau de Millevaches, but although there were plenty in the fields between Sussac and Vassiviere, we never spotted any paddling in the lake)is also on that side of the motorway and is absolutely enormous - worth a detour to go and see it some time!

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