Discovering Vendée

The theme park Le Puy du Fou, Les Sables d'Olonne, the Vendée Globe race, the sea and its coastlines : there is so much more about Vendée. This department has a lot more to offer with its diversified landscapes, singular history and strong identity. From the Haut-Bocage to the coastline, from the Marais Breton to the Marais Poitevin, the author takes us to the most important sites but also to unknown, even out of the ordinary, places. You will go on the footsteps of the monks who shaped the Marais Poitevin, on the birth and death places of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Clemenceau, and even of Barbe Bleue and Richelieu. Along the way, this book offers a real cultural journey through the department, in order to understand and love Vendée !