Car hire Limoges Airport

Almost 400,000 visitors come to Limoges Airport, the principal gateway to France's central Limousin region, on an annual basis. This airport has become increasingly popular for its low budget flights to and from Orly Airport in Paris, Stansted Airport in London, and nearly 10 smaller cities throughout France and the United Kingdom.

Airport Facilities

An ATM stands behind Limoges Airport's Flybe and Ryanair desks, while a post office box is located near the terminal exit. Two luggage trolleys are placed inside and to the left of the terminal. The airport also contains a restaurant on its first floor, a baby care room, two telephones, a conference room, and a bar selling reading material.

Car Hire Limoges Airport

One of the airport's three car parks is reserved for car rental in Limoges Airport, which National, Avis, Europcar, and Hertz all provide in a separate building facing the main terminal. Disabled passengers have their own drop-off car space and meeting point in the centre of the main hall.

Driving

Limoges, a city most famous for its namesake 19th century porcelain dishes, stands in the centre of France's longest toll-free motorway section, at the crossroads of many of Europe's major thoroughfares. The A20 is the main motorway linking Limoges with Toulouse to its south and Paris to its north. Drivers are advised to compare car hire before arrival in the city.

Things To See and Do

Limoges lies just six kilometres northwest of its airport, but car hire in Limoges Airport is most useful for exploring smaller Limousin communities. One of these communities, Oradour sur Glane, stands empty as a reminder of when the Nazis murdered its entire population in 1944. Visitors can also swim in St Pardoux Lake or follow the historic Richard the Lionheart tour between Rochechouart and Chalus.

Best Time To Visit

Summer is definitely the best time to visit Limoges, a city whose oceanic climate brings an average of seven snowy and 41 frosty days each winter. The coldest months in Limoges, between October and February, bring the vast majority of the city's precipitation as well as temperatures of just above freezing. Apart from sporadic and dramatic Bay of Biscay thunderstorms, rain is fairly rare between June and August, the hottest time of year.