Cycling,
Cycle and Bike Hire,
Walking and
Horse Riding
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

Cycle Hire, Walking and Horse Riding in Poitou-Charentes, south-west France

Centre Equestre des Lacs de Haute Charente®

Chez le Mineur
16150 Pressignac
Tel: 06 88 67 80 76

Horse riding next to lakes

 

Cyclaix

Rue Marengo
17123 Île-d'Aix
Tel: 05 46 84 58 23
Cycle hire firm on Île-d'Aix off the Charente-Maritime coast

Karting de Royan

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

La Coulée d'Oc - walk and bridlepath

Quéroy to < br> Souffrignac in Charente
Tel: 05 45 70 20 87
Walks, horseriding and cycling in the Charente

Marais Poitevin

Marshland straddling
Deux-Sevres, Charente-Maritime

Beautiful area of waterways and marshes

Plage de La Guerlie

Les Lacs de Haute Charente
Charente
Tel: 05 45 65 26 69
Popular lake beach plus water sports

Vélo-Rail

Confolens area
Charente-Limousine
Tel: 05 45 71 16 64
Bicycling along rail-road tracks