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La Rochelle: Activities & Services

Resort's Attractions

While on holiday in La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast, take the time to visit the numerous activities available in the resort:

- Cycling
- Beach activities
- Water sports, sailing, boat trips
- The thalassotherapy centre, offering a wide range of treatments
- The old port, the Minimes port, the cathedral
- Aquarium, museums

Places to visit

The historic town of La Rochelle offers a host of monuments to visit in and around the city:

- La Rochelle itself is a true open-air museum to be discovered in strolling through its little streets, rich in monuments: the old port, archways, tower of St Nicolas and the Tour de la Chaine, private mansions, the church of St Sauveur, the cathedral, the courthouse, the impressive railway station, built from 1910 to 1922, museums…
- La Grosse Horloge: doorway separating the port from the city
- The aquarium
- The house of Henri II
- Chatelaillon Plage beach resort
- The marsh of Aubonnière
- Fort Vauban
- Chateau de Dampierre (renaissance chateau and gardens) in Dampierre sur Boutonne
- Cruises around Fort Boyard and the island of Aix
- The islands : Aix, Oléron, Ré and Madame
- Rochefort : la Corderie Royale and l’Hermione
- Royan, La Palmyre and its famous zoo (60 km)
- The "marais poitevin"(marshes and waterways - at 85 km). Discovery of flora and fauna
- The village of the Boucholeurs with its oyster farms