Jarnac-Champagne is a place where architectural history, distillation and movement become visible in specific settings.
Renting a holiday apartment in Jarnac-Champagne can be part of your personal travel planning.
Culture
The Église de la Transfiguration is a church dating from the 12th and 19th centuries. Its nave has two aisles separated by square pillars with large semicircular arches.
The inscription “SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS” appears on the wall of the gate of the château’s barn, which is still preserved today. A copy of the Sator Square was also discovered in Jarnac-Champagne, embedded in a stone set into the wall of an outbuilding of a château that has now largely disappeared.
At the Église Saint-Sauveur, the transept and apse were classified as historic monuments by a decree dated 6 January 1912; the remainder of the church was placed under heritage protection by a decree dated 3 November 1927.
Culinary delights
Domaine des Tonneaux covers 50 hectares in the Charente wine-growing region of Petite Champagne near Jarnac-Champagne. Since 1850, experience and know-how relating to Pineau des Charentes and Cognac have been passed down there through more than six generations.
All year round, by appointment, Domaine des Tonneaux offers tours of the distillery and ageing cellars, as well as tastings of Pineau and/or Cognac.
During the “L'éveil des sens” experience at Château Montifaud, the visit leads from the distillery to the ageing cellar and through the vineyards to discover the terroir and production from vine to bottle. During “Le cocktail se visite” at Château Montifaud, visitors create their own cocktail during a sensory tour.
The carrot known as “carotte des chefs” and the Crapaudine beetroot variety are grown in Jarnac-Champagne.
Outdoors
Parc Barabeau offers a pond, children’s play facilities, picnic tables, a tennis court and an equestrian facility.
The difficult mountain bike loop no. 18, “Circuit des distilleries”, is 50.5 kilometres long, takes around 5 hours and has 272 metres of positive elevation gain.
Other local destinations: Charron, La Ronde, La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien, Bouhet, La Barde, Angoulins-Sur-Mer, Bussac-Forêt and Chassiron.
