Location: Vendee in France
Nearest Airport:
La Rochelle/Nantes at 50
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
St Malo at 150
Miles
Nearest Train:
Lucon at 6
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
A83 J6 at 7
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 20.0
Miles
Car: necessary
The Vendee is a very popular holiday and second home destination for French and English alike. It has a lovely climate, with the 2nd highest average sunshine hours in France, beaten only by the Cote d'Azur. At the coast (a 30 minute drive away), there are beautiful long sandy beaches as well as the famous sailing port of Les Sables d'Olonne, and inland there are miles of unspoilt farming land among gently rolling hills.
Mareuil-sur-Lay (2 miles) has a supermarket, a good selection of small shops and several restaurants and bars. Lucon, 8 miles south, has a wider range of shops, hypermarkets and restaurants, and La Roche sur Yon, 15 miles north, is the departmental capital.
The beautiful old port of La Rochelle, 50 minutes south, is always worth a visit, whether it be for a stroll down the stone collonnaded shopping streets, a leisurely lunch overlooking the port, or a visit to the aquarium.