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Self-catering Villa with 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Sleeps 13. Saturday changeover.
20.9km from La rochelle charente maritime
5.0km from coastline/beach
Bringing Family/Friends Together After Such a Long Time Apart - 5 Bedroom Villa, Private...
Ref: 168812
Self-catering Villa with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Sleeps 8. Saturday changeover.
22.1km from La rochelle charente maritime
34.0km from coastline/beach
Spacious Vendée villa with large private pool within mature and peaceful grounds, walking distance...
Ref: 173882
Self-catering Villa with 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Sleeps 15. Sunday changeover.
24.4km from La rochelle charente maritime
2.0km from coastline/beach
Spacious 6 Bedroom (4 double bedrooms) Villa With Private FENCED Swimming Pool & Hot Tub, Fabulous...
Ref: 156078
Self-catering Villa with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Sleeps 9. Saturday changeover.
26.3km from La rochelle charente maritime
40.0km from coastline/beach
Modern, Spacious and Comfortably Furnished Villa with Heated Pool and Wi-Fi Modern 2 double, 1...
Ref: 157348
Self-catering Villa with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. Sleeps 6. Saturday changeover.
26.8km from La rochelle charente maritime
1.0km from coastline/beach
£100 discount off total booking price if a fortnight is booked. Central Coastal Villa Location The...
Ref: 146763
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.