'''Angouleme''' [http://france-for-visitors.com/atlantic/charente/angouleme.html] is the capital of the Charente department. It lies about 135km north of Bordeaux in south west France.

Get in

By plane

Budget airline Ryanair flies from London Stansted to Angouleme-Brie Champniers airport, about 15km northeast of the town. The airport is also known as Angouleme Cognac [http://www.aeroport-angouleme-cognac.com/].

Get around

See

  • The cathedral
  • The view from the ramparts (which replaced the medieval city walls)
  • The ''hotel de ville'' [http://www.angouleme.fr/portail/]
  • The ''murs peints'', walls painted with cartoons
  • Centre International de la Bande Dessinee. omic strip museum. 21 rue de Bordeaux. us #3 or #5. 5 45 38 65 65. 5 45 38 65 51. ttp://www.cnbdi.fr/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1. ept?June Tues?Fri 10am?6pm, Sat & Sun 2?6pm; July & Aug open Mon and until 7pm. 5.
  • Atelier-Musee du Papier. aper making museum. 34 rue de Bordeaux. 5 45 92 73 43. uly & Aug Tues?Sat noon?6.30pm; Sept?June Tues?Sun 2?6pm. ree.

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