La Rochelle, France

La Rochelle is a beautiful town on the West of France which has an airport frequented by Easyjet and some other low cost airlines. The town itself is famous for being a fishing port where French people typically take holiday for the sights, the seafood and the beaches. I have to agree that I can understand why- I am in fact suprised more english dont go there, in the whole time we only heard a very small minority of english accents (bring your phrasebook, not all the locals speak any english!)! The port is lit up and in the picture and around the entire inside of the port is a promonade with markets/entertainment/street acts and then a full row of restaurants which also ...  Read the complete review

La Rochelle is a town on the West Coast of France. It is a large harbour town, and at one point in its history it was the largest harbour in France. We visited La Rochelle twice during our stay in France, one day was spent in the Aquarium which I have reviewed separately, and one day was spent around the market and the harbour. Driving into the town is relatively simple, the car parks are well signposted, and we decided to park right on the harbour front. The charges for the car park were very reasonable, at least compared to car parks where I live; it was just a couple of Euros for a full day. From the harbour car park we walked approximately 10 ...  Read the complete review

La Rochelle is beautiful, we have stayed there three times in the last three years on our way to various places in France. Last year we stayed in the cheap and cheerful B&B hotel it was very close to the station and the town centre. We walked in for a meal by the port. There is so much variety to choose from, it's all out on the front so you can enjoy the view whilst eating. We took the children to the aquarium the year before, it was excellent and well worth a visit, we went to Biaritz one last year and it was such a disappointment after La Rochelle, it's extremely interactive and very modern. At the end you can go for lunch/coffee in their ...  Read the complete review

For years, La Rochelle was a place only known to me from hours spent poring over the 'Tricolore' workbook in French class at school. For some reason, most of the people featured in that book were residents of this port on the Atlantic coast, and it has stuck in my mind ever since. However, La Rochelle was added to Ryanair's ever-growing list of French destinations a few years ago, which (coupled with the steady stream of British tourists and emigrants to the central regions of Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime) has seen a rise in tourism to this underrated destination. The construction of a high-speed TGV link direct from Paris in 1993 also now means that it is ...  Read the complete review