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MccreadyNealy453 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:38:01 GMT

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La Rochelle is often a great town to see for a couple of days. The best thing about La Rochelle is the centre of town sits right about the harbour. The harbour is beautiful, full of yachts and boats and the entrance is guarded by two old stone towers. The Tour St Nicolas (Saint Nicolas Tower) is 42 meters high and appearance as being a small castle sat around the water. The Tour de la Chaine (The Chain Tower) was built between 1382 and 1390 and contains an exhibition regarding the migration of French individuals to Canada.

The harbour is packed with very reasonably priced restaurants, an excellent place to get a relaxing lunch. In the evening the area transforms and fills track of various entertainments offered by street artists, from music to gymnastics to fire eating. If you're searching for something a little more up-market look at the nearby Rue St Jean Du Perot which can be brimming with really interesting looking restaurants together with a Thai restaurant and a highly recommended fish restaurant called André. We chose the Bistro Remi Massé which won top bistro prize in 2006 and weren't disappointed.

From the harbour area walk over the beautifully decorated clock tower and you're a single of the main shopping streets of La Rochelle. Here you will discover Pimkie, Camaieau, Promod and many more of the popular French shops. Around the corner from all of these you can find Les Galaries Lafayette house designer collections or a walk towards the covered market reveals a good deal of exclusive boutiques.

The covered market is often a must. Inside is often a wonderful array of excellent butchers, cheese shops, deli's where there is definitely an amazing array of cooked meals should you are planning on a good picnic. Delicious, but not cheap. Outside inside the mornings there is a quite large fruit and veg market.

Walking round La Rochelle among the best sights will be the Maison Henri II (The House of Henri II). This is an elaborate façade of the house but has the design of your looking for Romeo and Juliet. In front of it there's a lovely little courtyard garden. Perfect spot to prevent and eat an ice cream! Another lovely spot may be the Cloister des Dames Blanches, a cloister with a pleasant garden with an art exhibition decorating its walls. And yes, for other garden fans like myself don't miss the Jardin des Plantes which can be behind the Natural History Museum. This is really a fantastic garden and contains many plants I could only desire growing in the greenhouse even though I live further south in France than La Rochelle. The museum is worth a visit too!

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