The Vendee and Surrounding Area [Paperback]

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Description of The Vendee and Surrounding Area

WHERE CAN YOU CANOE AT DAWN through the salt-marshes, squeeze down France's narrowest street or engage in a spot of medieval siege warfare? If you want to amuse the family - grandparents or toddlers - you'll find this book full of ideas! In it I have listed golf-courses and megaliths; introduced museums of alchemy and boat-building; and highlighted junk shops and village fetes based on everything from sardines to cowpats.

When you've sipped the Muscadet, dug the sandcastles and eaten the langoustines, you could take a trip to a working windmill, a ruined castle or a Romanesque abbey - oh, and whatever you do, don't miss the breathtaking "cinescenie" of Le Puy-du-Fou!

You'll find where to pedal along a railway line, drive across the sea bed or dance to an accordion under the stars. Discover magnificent museums and glorious gardens, and hear about the region's connections with Bluebeard and Rabelais, Dougal and Zebedee, Monsieur Hulot and Richard the Lionheart - served up with a digestible dose of the Vendee's exceedingly bloody history.

A freelance journalist and Vendee second-homeowner of 35 years' standing, I've spent more than three decades digging out offbeat entertainment for family and friends. As well as having worked as a sub-editor for magazines, ranging from The Field to the Orient-Express, I have written on French-related topics for Blue Riband, France, and Brittany Ferries' Voyage magazines, and have produced extensive UK-wide coming-events guides for Country Living (of which I was for eight years Contributing Events Editor) and for The Illustrated London News.

In France, I have for four years been Vendee correspondent of the glossy French bi-monthly magazine Cete Ouest.

Title Information

ISBN:: 9780954580308
Pages:: 176 pages
Format:: Paperback
Product Code:: 21545
Publisher:: Malnoue Publications
Published:: 25/05/2004
Edition:: 2nd Edition

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Contents of The Vendee and Surrounding Area

Introduction

Planning your trip: When to go, How to get there, Where to stay.

Useful information: Accessibility, Beaches, Bird-watching, Boating, Casinos, Church-going, Cycling, Diving, Electricity, Entertainment, Fishing, Golf, Hotels and restaurants, Internet, Maps, Markets, Measurements, Medical treatment, Money, Motoring, Naturism, Newspapers, Pets, Post offices, Public holidays, Public transport, Riding, Safety, Shopping, Star-gazing, Telephoning, Tennis, Tipping, Walking, Weather, Wildlife.

Vendee Food and Wine

A Little French History

A Vendee Top 20

Area 1. St-Jean-de-Monts, Challans, St-Gilles and the Islands
La Barre-de-Monts, Beauvoir-sur-Mer, Bois-de-Cene, Bouin, Challans, Chateauneuf, Commequiers, Fromentine, La Garnache, Ile de Noirmoutier, Notre-Dame-de-Monts, St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, St-Hilaire-de-Riez, St-Jean-de-Monts, Sallertaine, Soullans, Ile d'Yeu.

Area 2. Les Sables-d'Olonne, La Roche and the Bas-Bocage
Aizenay, Apremont, Avrill�, Beaulieu-sous-La-Roche, Brem-sur-Mer, Br�tignolles-sur-Mer, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Chaill�-sous-les-Ormeaux, Co�x, Jard-sur-Mer, Mach�, Martinet, La Mothe-Achard, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, Nesmy, Olonne-sur-Mer, Le Poir�-sur-Vie, La Roche-sur-Yon, Les Sables-d'Olonne, St-�tienne-du-Bois, St-R�v�rend, Talmont-St-Hilaire.

Area 3. La Tranche-sur-Mer, Lu�on and the Marais Poitevin
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Angles, Chaill�-les-Marais, Esnandes, La Faute-sur-Mer, Longeville-sur-Mer, Lu�on, Maillezais, Marans, Mareuil-sur-Lay, Moutiers-sur-le-Lay, La Rochelle, St-Cyr-en-Talmondais, Ste-Hermine, St-Michel-en-l'Herm, La Tranche-sur-Mer, Triaize, Velluire, La Venise Verte.

Area 4. Fontenay-le-Comte, Pouzauges and the Haut-Bocage
Bazoges-en-Pareds, Chantonnay, La Chataigneraie, Faymoreau-les-Mines, Fontenay-le-Comte, Mervent, Moncoutant, Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Niort, Poitiers, La Pommeraie-sur-S�vre, Pouzauges, St-Michel-Mont-Mercure, St-Prouant, Vouvant.

Area 5. Les Herbiers, Clisson and Vendee Wars Country
Les Brouzils, Chavagnes-en-Paillers, Cholet, Clisson, Les �pesses, Les Essarts, La Gaubreti�re, Les Herbiers, Leg�, Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, Malli�vre, Maul�vrier, Montaigu, Mortagne-sur-S�vre, Mouchamps, Rocheservi�re, St-Laurent-sur-S�vre, Tiffauges.

Area 6. The Pays de Retz, Nantes and Muscadet Country
La Baule, Bourgneuf-en-Retz, Frossay, La Grande-Bri�re, Gu�rande, Machecoul, Les Moutiers-en-Retz, Nantes, Passay, Le Pellerin, Pornic, St-Brevin-les-Pins, St-Nazaire, St-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, Vallet, Vertou.