Shaped by man, the marais poitevin transformed into a dense labyrinth of canals and waterways hidden benath a canopy of pollarded ash poplar.

The Benedictine abbey, was built in 1403 on an island in the golfe des Pictons an dis architecturally unlike any other in Poitou Saintonge.
And the Abbey of Nieul sur l’autize remains one of the few monastic complexes that still have it’s three elements of church, cloisters and monastic building virtually intact.

In the GRAND PARC DU PUY DU FOU , Rediscover lost worlds and forgotten times(Circus games with gladiators, Vikings attack…) from june to September come and enjoy the CINESCENIE, the world’sgreatest night time spectacular. Almost 2 hours of thrills and 700 yaers of history.

Pouzauges : Built on a hill in the upper Vendée Bocage country; the castle overlooks the town of Pouzauges and offers wide panoramic views.

Saint Prouant : The grammont was fonded in the 1200 s at the instigation of Richard the Lionheart and is one of France’s best preserved

The castle of St Mesmin at St André/sèvre is a 14 XIV century to wich was added in a XV century an imposing 28 m high keep.

In the company of a young man fresh from catching an insect out in the fields come and enter into the world of the enquiring and impassioned Réaumur the great XVIII century man of science.

Ever since the XVI century, millers have been fitting their sail cloths to the mill on the top of the Mont des Alouettes. Come and enjoy their tours of the last one still functioning.

All about the stem train in Mortagne/ Sèvre fasten your seat beaten!!!

Tiffauges : Experiment three hours of spectacles and discoveries in the greatest medieval site in the region.

Hidden away in its greenery by the grande maine, this visitor center devoted to the freshwater world of the river is a veritable heaven of peace and tranquillity..

The Logis de la Chabotterie offers an astonishingly evocative insight into the gentility of live in the country side in the years before the revolution (As the scene of the arrest of General Charette in 1796…).

 Close to le Poire sur vie come and relaxing time at the Moulin à elise, fishing or strolling around two hectare lake.

Océanile, the water park on the île de Noirmoutier, offers a veritable avalanche of thrills and spills. (wave pool, water slides, rapids…the choice of activity is huge).

Don’t miss “Lîle aux papilllons” stroll amongst hundred of butterflies from the four corners of the world, flying freely among tropical plants and flowers in France’s largest butterfly house.

Ile de noirmoutier : The castle was built in the XII century and has survived through the ages, holding on to all of it’s charm and character

Fine sandy beaches of “Les Sables d’Olonnes”.

It’s time to take the ferry out to the more remote “Ile d’Yeu”. This granite island is only 6 miles long and 6 miles wide. Leave your car back on the mainland , take off your tie…
It’s time to relax. Rent a bike and follow the meandering paths to explore this corner of paradise. You’ll see migratory birds, rare plants and flowers, as well as massive cliffs and megaliths, ancient standing stones.

Welcome to La Rochelle.