🇫🇷 Uzerche

Uzerche station is about a 10-minute walk from the old town on the hilltop. Walk uphill to reach the medieval quarter perched above the Vezere river. The town's dramatic setting is visible from the station.

Intercites trains on the Paris-Brive-Toulouse POLT line stop at Uzerche, providing connections to Paris Austerlitz and Brive-la-Gaillarde. TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional services also call here.

Luggage storage at Uzerche is limited. The station has a ticket office and basic facilities. The compact old town can be explored in about an hour.

Uzerche is nicknamed the 'Pearl of Limousin' for its dramatic medieval hilltop setting above the Vezere river. The old town has Romanesque and Gothic towers, fortified houses, and the Church of Saint-Pierre with its remarkable crypt. The river setting is particularly photogenic.

Uzerche earned its nickname for the exceptional beauty of its medieval hilltop, surrounded on three sides by the Vezere river. The skyline of towers and bell towers rising above the river bend has been admired for centuries. The town successfully resisted numerous sieges, leading to the saying 'He who has a house in Uzerche has a castle in Limousin.'