A queue is forming at the stall by the gate of Camping La Plage. Clutching baguettes for breakfast, these eager shoppers are already stocking up for tonight's dinner. In Britain, you'd be unlikely to ...

The beautiful beach at Talmond-St-Hilaire, on France's Vendée coast, is known as Plage du Veillon and is popular with walkers and families. Amid the abundance of big and lovely Vendée beaches, the ...

FROM the moment a gust of tropical air greeted me in Nantes, I knew I had come to the right place. The sun, sea and stunning coastline make this the perfect spot to explore, no matter what kind of ...

Lumière is the French word for light and the tag Côte de Lumière for Vendée comes from the fact that the region enjoys more than 2,300 hours of sunshine a year The Côte de Lumière isn’t as well known ...

THE prospect of spending our first night sleeping in the car could hardly be described as an ideal way to begin our holiday, but that seemed to be the inevitable consequence of arriving at our Vendée ...