Museum of the Echevinage

Housed in a historic building in the heart of Saintes, this is the only fine arts museum in the region — so if paintings and decorative arts are your thing, this is your one stop. You'll find a strong collection of 19th-century paintings alongside rare Sèvres porcelain that you won't see displayed like this anywhere else nearby. It's a quiet, unhurried kind of place — just note that exhibition labels may be French-only, so a translation app helps.