The fabulous towns of La Rochelle, Cognac and Bordeaux and the islands of Ile de Re and Ile d’Oleron, are all just a short drive away while the seaside resorts of Royan and St. Palais are 8km and 4km away respectively. Access is easy with a TGV station at La Rochelle, a train station at Royan, regular bus routes to St Augustin while La Rochelle airport is under an hour away, Bordeaux just an hour and a half away and Limoges a little over two hours away. This is a fantastic location to spend your holidays with activities for all the family including surfing, sailing and swimming in the sea and lake and hiking, biking and horse-riding in the forests and beach, golf, fishing, climbing and much more. There is also a water-park and zoo very close by and plenty of vineyards, chateaux, museums and places of historical and cultural interest. There are local markets too selling fresh local produce and lots of festivals and events throughout the year to offer a variety of entertainment. The great selection of local restaurants, cafes, bars and boutique shops also ensure that you are never bored here.

For connoisseurs of good wines, Bordeaux, with its many chateaux, and the renowned 1855 Classification, is a must-visit destination. With its plethora of world’s best-known wine estates these prestigious chateaux comprise only a small proportion of the area’s 120,000 hectares of vines that stretch right across the Gironde department in Aquitane and can trace their ancestral roots back around 2000 years to when the Romans ruled the area.