
Explore Gironde
Drive, or cycle, across to Île d’ Oléron – the largest island on the French Atlantic coast – and explore its colourful fishing villages. Motor down to the historic port of La Rochelle and take a boat trip around Fort Boyard (of tv game show fame), you can’t land, but you can get close. Spend a day in brilliant Bordeaux with its gothic Cathédrale Saint-André and futuristic Cité du Vin. Escape, to another world, at the stunning Bassin d’Arcachon.