Discussion
My girlfriend and I are planning a trip to beloved France this September.
We are looking seriously at doing a week self catering on the Ile de Ré. There's direct flights to La Rochelle from Dublin and it appears to be a quick spin on the bus to the Ile from La Rochelle, this would avoid renting a car, which is a plus.
If anyone has any recommendations re accomodation or things to do/see on the island, I'd love to hear them.
We are looking seriously at doing a week self catering on the Ile de Ré. There's direct flights to La Rochelle from Dublin and it appears to be a quick spin on the bus to the Ile from La Rochelle, this would avoid renting a car, which is a plus.
If anyone has any recommendations re accomodation or things to do/see on the island, I'd love to hear them.
Puggit said:
Took a week on the Ile de Re in a campervan. There really isn't that much to do but to explore and sit on the beach!
There are great cycle tracks around the island, so bikes would be good. I have great memories of cycling back from the supermarket with a case of biere blond rattling away in the basket.
St Martin, the 'capital' is worth a potter about, there's a big old fort. Mind out, we both picked up nasty food poisoning from eating the local shellfish (not fun with a porta-loo).
Take a camera, it's quite windy, so lots of great surf photography.
Large lighthouse you can climb up on the western tip.
Best beach was at the NW tip.
Errrr - that's it
Cheers!There are great cycle tracks around the island, so bikes would be good. I have great memories of cycling back from the supermarket with a case of biere blond rattling away in the basket.
St Martin, the 'capital' is worth a potter about, there's a big old fort. Mind out, we both picked up nasty food poisoning from eating the local shellfish (not fun with a porta-loo).
Take a camera, it's quite windy, so lots of great surf photography.
Large lighthouse you can climb up on the western tip.
Best beach was at the NW tip.
Errrr - that's it
We're looking for a relaxing 'chill out' holiday so that fact that there isn't a whole lot to do except explore and sit on the beach sounds good to me
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