Poitou Charentes is a historic region in west central France. It is the Roman country par excellence and you will be able from villages to downtown to discover a lot of treasures. This region has a strong history.

Poitou Charentes, lying between the Paris Basin and Aquitaine, is known for its labyrinth of marshes and canals, the “Venise Verte”, here, on the confines of the department of Niort, you can sail along waterways hidden beneath the foliage of poplars, willows and alders.

Poitou Charentes is also its Atlantic coast with its island and its lively port of La Rochelle, Angouleme, the centre of the world of comic-strip publishing, dynamic Poitiers, the brandy houses of Cognac and acres and acres of lush green fields.