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La Rochelle
La Rochelle has TGV links with Paris for Eurostar travellers, and La Rochelle Ville is the central train station. The city also has its own airport, Aeroport de La Rochelle.
Eurostar trains between St Pancras International and La Rochelle have average journey times of 7 hours, 30 minutes, making travel by highspeed rail very popular and convenient. La Rochelle is popular for travel for tourists from late spring through to early autumn.
Trains between St Pancras and La Rochelle run around 3 times a day.
The city is the third most popular area in France, as it is an attractive and undamaged coastal town with a small well-kept beach close to the city centre. La Rochelle is also full of historical importance such as the Wars of Religion, the siege of 1627 by Cardinal Richelieu who killed 28000 people through starvation. The tree-lined promenade in the city centre is full of street entertainers and arts and crafts stalls at the weekends. There are dozens of walkways and buildings made of pale stone all over the city, with plenty of accommodation and competitive prices. Rooms with harbour views tend to be more expensive.
Points of Interest
| The Old Port The original towers of the port still guard the entrance. Pleasure boats are moored in the 2 basins which was the principal port for salt and wine trading with the French colonies in the Caribbean Antilles and Canada. It was given a charted in 1199 by Eleanor of Aquitaine, releasing it from its feudal obligations, and it later made use of the constant Anglo-French tension. Most Canadian settlers came from the area. |
Parks and Gardens