Motor Sports,
Flying
and
Ballooning
in:
POITOU-
CHARENTES
SOUTH-WEST
FRANCE

Markets tip

No one wants to be up at 6am when on holiday but markets are best visited earlier rather than later – 10am should do it. For food bargains, close to midday is when vendors sell off stuff cheaply. After shopping, either eat what you bought as a picnic, or head to a nearby restaurant

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• GORGEOUS BEACHES From child-friendly to surfers’ paradise
• THE CÔTE SAUVAGE Wild beauty along the Atlantic coast
• BEAUTIFUL PLACES Visit the region's award-winning villages
• LA ROCHELLE A fabulously French port town
• COGNAC
• ANIMAL MAGICZoos, aquariums & parks of furry and slithery creatures!
• FUTUROSCOPEAmazing 3D and high-tech attractions at this leisure park near Poitiers
• MARAIS POITEVINThe stunning scenery of our ‘Green Venice’
• GREAT WINEDiscover the region's excellent vintages
• LIVELY MARKETSWhere and how to shop
• CYCLINGAlong the coast & through the countryside
• GOLFChoose from the Poitou-Charentes’ 21 courses

ALL STORIES

Ballooning, Flying and Motor Sports in Poitou-Charentes, south-west France

Aquadjetland

Foret du grand maine
16440 Roullet St Estephe
Tel: 06 76 13 61 74
Jet-skiing and quad biking in the south Charente.

Balloon rides

Near Niort
Deux-Sèvres
Tel: 05 49 77 87 79
Balloon rides - contact tourism department for more information: 05 49 77 87 79

Karting de Royan

13 rue Arsonoval
17200 Royan
Tel: 05 46 05 79 94
Go-karting track and hire at Royan in Charente-Maritime

Montgolfière du Bocage

La Gondromière
79140 Cerizay
Tel: 05 49 80 10 45
Balloon rides