La Vendée, the Vendée: this Pays de la Loire locale, France-going holidaymakers, is where you should settle yourself for 200 kilometres of Atlantic Ocean coast, dozens of pristine and golden sandy beaches including two for those who like to sunbathe starkers, acres of rivers and lakes to fish at and sail on, birdwatching marshes, and dozens of parks, gardens and zoos. Julius Caesar – quelle surprise – landed up in this region too: veni, vidi, Vendée?
Wherever your Vendée campsite, if you’re accompanied on hol by l’enfants terrible, you’ll very likely end up at historic theme park Puy du Fou alongside the other 1.5 million annual visitors. Actually, we take that back: if you’re camping in Vendée sans enfants, you should pootle along to Puy du Fou anyway; the historical theme park is so bon it’s in our top French theme parks blog.
Other Vendée highlights are boating in Les Sables d’Olonne, zipwiring at Le Grand Défi, feeling really wild at the Planète Sauvage safari wildlife park at Port Saint Père, or meeting big beasties at Les Sables d’Olonne, Vendée’s biggest zoo. We’ll doubtlessly blog about these soonest too.
