La Venise Verte - Sites & Paysages

Need some invigorating holidays and fresh air, craving for infinite beaches and small fishing ports… or do you prefer to go deep inland? From the Vendée down to the Spanish border, you are welcome on the Atlantic coast! There, wherever you go, everything is big, everything is bliss, from the North to the South. Sailing, surfing on salt waters, canoeing on the fresh waters of the Marais Poitevin…or else sunbathing on fine sandy beaches, or walking in the Landes forest to breathe fresh air…

Half way between Niort and La Rochelle, Marais Poitevin is a nature area, known as ‘Green Venice’. Going with the flow, you can discover the coolness of the summer mornings, the quiet of the countryside and the undeniable charm of this half-water and half-land environment. Don’t hesitate to caress the duckweed that cover certain canals. You can enjoy the immensity of the site and the diversity of the landscapes and you
will be delighted by the change of scenery in this unique and genuine interregional park. Places of character, jewels of the Middle Ages or Roman art : Melle, Maillezais, Nieul sur l’Autize, …
Journey to the heart of prehistory and history : burial mounds of Bougon, Coudray Salbart, Parthenay, the silver mines of the Frankish kings…

Towns of artistic and historical interest :
Rochefort, La Rochelle, Brouage…

...and don’t forget the theme parks such as Futuroscope or the one at Puy du Fou, or the open-air museum in Cognac, the valley of the monkeys …

Also visit the Cognac vineyard, situated only 45 km from the campsite.