Nature Spots
and
Birdwatching
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

Nature Spots and Birdwatching in Poitou-Charentes, south-west France

Inter-Croisieres

Pont de Sireuil
16440 Sireuil
Tel: 05 45 90 58 18
Self-hire boat cruises on the River Charente

Jardin de la Marotte

Fouquebrune
Dignac, Charente
Tel: 05 45 24 54 65
Large private garden with guided tours for the public upon reservation, at Dignac in the Charente

Kayak et Nature en Seudre à Mornac sur Seudre Kayak et Nature en Seudre

48 rue du Port
17113 Mornac-sur-Seudre
Tel: 06 12 64 92 88
Canoe trips through the scenic marshes

La Promenade 'Tradition'

Magne
Deux-Sèvres
Tel: 05 49 35 90 47
Guided tours by the hour or day in flat-bottomed boat in the Marais Poitevin

Le boat

Jarnac
Charente
Tel: 0844 4633594 (UK number)
Boating holidays on the River Charente

Marais Poitevin

Marshland straddling
Deux-Sevres, Charente-Maritime

Beautiful area of waterways and marshes

Mélitourisme

La Rochelle
Charente-Maritime
Tel: 06 48 22 87 32
Bilingual tour guide Mélanie offers guided tours of the Poitou-Charente region, including Cognac and the Marais Poitevin. Nature and local heritage a speciality. Based in La Rochelle

Meschers-sur-Gironde

Meschers-sur-Gironde
17132
Fishing village with troglodytique caves

Rowing boat hire in the Marais Poitevin

Avenue de la Repentie
Magne, Deux-Sèvres
Tel: 05 49 35 90 47
Rowing boats for hire in the Marais Poitevin, by the hour and by the day.