CôteAtlantic Atlantique Coast La Rochelle Marais poitevin Cognac Country Futuroscope DESTINATIONSDESTINATION POITOU-CHARENTES Poitou-Charentes Tourist Board Press Pack 2013 Press Pack Atlantic Coast & Cognac Country Poitou-Charentes www. holidays-france-atlantic.com Sandrine PAILLONCY -
[email protected] CRT Poitou-Charentes - 8 rue Riffault - BP 56 - 86002 POITIERS CEDEX Tel : +33 (0)5 49 50 10 50 - Fax : + 33 (0)5 49 41 37 28 CôteAtlantic Atlantique Coast La Rochelle Marais poitevin Cognac Country Futuroscope DESTINATIONSDESTINATION POITOU-CHARENTES Edito Situated on the Atlantic Coast between Nantes and Bordeaux, Poitou-Charentes is particularly well known thanks to certain destinations: - La Rochelle – Ile de Ré - The Coast ( Ile d’Oléron, Royan, and Rochefort) - Futuroscope - Poitiers - Cognac country - The Marais Poitevin (Green Venice) Profile 1 700 000 inhabitants Wellbeing t Six thalassotherapy centres 4 ‘Departements’ t Seven spas t Charente (16) t Charente-Maritime (17) Nature t Deux-Sèvres (79) t Five major walking routes t Vienne (86) t 826km of road to Santiago de Compostela t 2950 km cycle tracks The coast t 2195 km mountain bike tracks 460 km of coastline t 220 km navigable roads 110 km of beaches t 20 Golf courses Four Islands : Oléron (the second biggest island in France after Corsica), Ré, Aix and Madame Heritage Eight churches are classified by the Unesco World Heritage organisation of which six ares situated on the road to Santiago de Compostela: the Churches of St Hilaire of Poitiers and Melle, the Church of St Pierre d’Aulnay- de- Saintonge, the Royal Abbey of St Jean d’Angély, the Church of St Eutrope of Saintes and the Hospital Table of of Pilgrims of Pons.