Location
of La Grange du Moulin Child Friendly holiday cottages
La Grange du Moulin family friendly holiday gites in the Charente Maritime region of Sw France are very centrally located for all the main towns, places of interest and of course the beaches. La Rochelle, Royan and Rochefort on the coast and Poitiers, Angouleme and Niort inland are all just an easy one hours drive away at most. Saintes and Cognac are closer still and have plenty to keep both adults, children and toddlers occupied and entertained. Even Bordeaux with its world famous vineyards and wineries are just a 1hr30 drive away. The Coast with hundreds of miles of coastline is just an easy 1hrs drive but we also have a fabulous inland beach and swimming lake just 30 mins away. The links below take you to our blog posts with more detail on each place. For travel details see here
Child friendly things to do
- Chateau des Enigmas puzzle trail
- Valley des Singes , monkeys
- Paleosite
, become a neanderthal
- Futuroscope
- Boat trips , such as Fort Boyard
- Play parks
- Swimming in lakes, sea and pool
- Bike rides - bike hire available
- Fishing with kids
Family friendly beaches & swimming
- Chatelaillon beach
- Royan beach
- Fouras beach
- La Rochelle beach
- Ile d'Oleron
- Ile de Ré
- La Palmyre beach
- Les Gours swimming lake
Great places to visit
- La Rochelle for shopping & seafood restaurants
- Cognac
for distillery tours tastings
- Saintes for its Roman ruins
- St Jean d'Angely our historic local town
- Rochefort - corderie Royal and Hermione sailing ship
- Niort for shopping and restaurants
- Angouleme historic town
- Bordeaux to visit the top wine producers