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La Rochelle, which has lovely shops and restaurants
The river Charente at Saintes.
The lovely port of La Rochelle
Cognac
The old town stretches from the Église St-Léger to the River Charente and features stone and half-timbered medieval buildings on narrow streets like the rue de l'Isle d'Or and rue Saulnier. Stroll from the church on rue Aristide Briant, and along the meandering Grande-Rue to the remains of the Chateau de Cognac where King Francois I was born in 1494. Here you will find the Otard distillery, which has been producing cognac since 1795 and runs good, informative tours around the premises, with a little tipple included in the price (about €5). You will be amazed how complicated cognac is, with only certain grapes from very specific areas being allowed to produce the eau de vie that goes on to become cognac. The tourist office at 16 rue du 14-Juillet (05 45 82 10 71) will be able to provide you with information about the other chais and also the St-Gobain glassworks, 2km south of Cognac, where they make the bottles.
The pretty port of Mortagne sur Gironde about 15 minutes from
our house
with three good restaurants
The beautiful beach at St-Georges-de-Didonne
August 20th 2009
Mescher
Ancient town of Talmont
The Botanical Park Deau was born from the passion of Colette Deau who inherited a family house and an immense virgin ground. She drew a plan of a garden which took years of organizing and dividing…
The botanical park of 3 hectares is composed today of more than 1500 varieties of plants (long-lived, old trees, rose trees…) gathered in various gardens. A picnic area is available to the visitors in the shade of the holm oaks. The orchard consists of pear, nectarine or small fruit trees.
(These beautiful gardens are 5 minutes away from our house, at St. Andre de Lidon).
Summer season trotting races at
Gemozac
This lovely fishing lake
lEtang des Brousses
with bar and restaurant
is 5 minutes from the
house. Fishing is 7 euros
a half day. You can hire
rods. They will cook the
fish you catch. Trout, carp etc.,
