Three medieval towers guarding the old harbour of La Rochelle: the Saint-Nicolas and Chain towers on either side of the entrance, between which a great chain was stretched at night, and the Lantern tower, once a lighthouse and a prison whose walls are covered with graffiti carved by sailors.
Climb to the top for views over the port and the islands. One ticket covers all three.
The 374-metre-long royal rope works of the naval arsenal founded by Louis XIV at Rochefort, on the Charente estuary.
A star-shaped fortified town in the marshes of Charente-Maritime, once a busy salt port, whose sea has since retreated, leaving it stranded in the fi…
The simple fisherman's house by the sea in the Vendée where Georges Clemenceau, French prime minister during the First World War, spent his last year…
The 'Green Venice': a maze of canals shaded by poplars and ash trees in the marshes west of Niort, best explored by flat-bottomed boat or canoe.
The castle where King François I was born in 1494, beside the Charente River in the centre of Cognac.
Cognac, a small town on the Charente River, is the home of the brandy of the same name, and the great cognac houses offer tours in several languages.
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