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Self-catering Gîte with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 6. Non-applicable changeover.
16.5km from La rochelle charente maritime
2.0km from coastline/beach
Holiday Village Set in Acres of Beautiful Grounds This delightful holiday village is set in...
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Self-catering Gîte with 1 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 5. Non-applicable changeover.
16.5km from La rochelle charente maritime
2.0km from coastline/beach
Holiday Village Set in Acres of Beautiful Grounds This delightful holiday village is set in...
Ref: 101838
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Gîte, St Pierre D Oleron (Charente-Maritime)
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Self-catering Gîte with 1 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 4. Non-applicable changeover.
16.5km from La rochelle charente maritime
2.0km from coastline/beach
Holiday Village Set in Acres of Beautiful Grounds This delightful holiday village is set in...
Ref: 101838
Rates available on request
Self-catering Gîte with 1 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 5. Non-applicable changeover.
16.5km from La rochelle charente maritime
2.0km from coastline/beach
Holiday Village Set in Acres of Beautiful Grounds This delightful holiday village is set in...
Ref: 101838
Self-catering Gîte with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Sleeps 11. Non-applicable changeover.
25.9km from La rochelle charente maritime
5.0km from coastline/beach
Welcome to our charming vacation home located in the southwestern region of France, in the village...
Ref: 103829
Self-catering Gîte with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Sleeps 11. Non-applicable changeover.
25.9km from La rochelle charente maritime
5.0km from coastline/beach
Domaine de Rochebonne - Open all year round. Saturday to Saturday changeover is only for July and...
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Self-catering Gîte with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 6. Non-applicable changeover.
25.9km from La rochelle charente maritime
5.0km from coastline/beach
Le Domaine de Rochebonne - Charente maritime - Were open all year round. Saturday change over is...
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La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
La Rochelle is a seaport town located in the South West France on the Atlantic coast, between Nantes and Bordeaux. It is the capital of Charente Maritime, as well as being a major port and sailingcentre.
In the Vieux Port (old harbour) area you will find many good bars, restaurants and sophisticated shopping in wonderful arcaded streets. The underground car park at Place Verdun makes exploring the town on foot very easy. There is also an aquarium and several museums to visit.
The focus of the town is the old port (le Vieux Port) where you will see pleasure boats moored next to fishing boats. Boat trips are very popular, check the tourist office for boat trips to Fort Boyard or Ile de Ré.
La Rochelle's history is very much connected to the sea and at the Maritime Museum of La Rochelle you can see 'the Calypso', the boat which Jacques Cousteau and his crew used for their expeditions around the world. The boat sunk in Singapore after an accident but was raised, returned to France and given as a gift to the Museum.
La Rochelle's centre is largely pedestrianized and very safe from any traffic, and it makes it a very pleasant town to enjoy and see the 17th- and 18th-century architecture.
As you walk through the town, you are still able to see a some old fortifications including la 'Tour de la Chaine', built in the 14th century, 'Tour St-Nicolas', and 'the Tour de la Lanterne', built a century later, which is particularly interesting for the graffiti inscribed on the walls by captured English privateers who were held there.
La Rochelle expanded and developed very quickly, from the 16th Century, due to trade exchanges with foreign countries and colonies and this took place in 'le Vieux Port'. New monuments were built in the 18th century, 'l'hotel de la Bourse' et 'la Grosse Horloge' and this was the proof of the commercial strength of the town.