Poitiers

Parc de Blossac is a wonderful place to take a bottle of wine and just hang out all Sunday. But if you play frisbee on the lawn, the locals may look at you funny—the grass is not for running around on, they say!

£50 from stanstead :-)))))

A quaint town, I lived here and went to school as an exchange student. It was my first stop so it harbors all my impressions of France as a whole.

Gateway to the local region, but the town itself is quite dull. We allocated Fri eve to Sun eve but we would have done better just coming on Sat morning and leaving late Sun afternoon. Everything except for the most touristy food places closes on Sunday – even the bus to the Futuroscope (which stayed open, funnily enough).

Renting a car and driving round the area visting castles, etc. seems like a better plan than staying in the city.

We found a strange gay nightclub located in the midst of a residential area, identifiable only by bright blue neon strip lights. A nice and friendly place – one of the patrons got a bit jolly and danced madly in his boxer shorts for a while. Thankfully he put his clothes back on.

i did not enjoy futuroscope at all
seriously
waste of time

but Poitiers is fantastic
we stayed in a house south of there
the cathedral and the bank were awe inspiring