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Tourism Fouras
Fouras is situated in the department of the Charente-Maritime and the region Poitou-Charentes. Become the one of the principal seaside stations of the coast aunisienne as early as 1850, to the favor of the method of the "sea Baths", Fouras became quickly the place of gathering of the high corporation Rochelaise, that there edified number of always visible villas today. The Strong televised game Boyar and its famous one "father Fouras" participate in city notoriety since 1990. You there will be able to discover Le fort Vauban. This strong former castle considerably was modified during the centuries. Transformed in sémaphore under the first empire, it shelters currently the regional museum.
Sights in Fouras
Museums and monuments to visit
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Donjon de FourasThe dungeon is located Fouras Fouras in the department of Charente-Maritime. This is a relic that testifies to the existence of the old fortified village in medieval times. The mouth of the Charente ...
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Le musée de FourasThe Fouras museum is in the Keep of Fouras. Classified museum in France, the museum presents the history of the city of Fouras, with a theme route. Geological room highlights the ...
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Fort BoyardThe idea that a fort should be built at that place in order to protect the naval shipyard of Rochefort dated from the 17th century, but the studies carried out at that time did not encourage the ...
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Musée Africain de l'Ile d'AixThe African Museum of the island of Aix mite was created Baron Napoleon Gourgaud . Amateur hunts in Africa, IL wished Update The provision of Public Zoological collections. In the museum, the ...
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Musée napoléonien de l'île d'AixIt is on the island of Aix , that Napoleon spent a week , before going to the British in 1815. The Napoleonic Museum of Aix Island home furniture , weapons , portraits and other objects , evoking the ...
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Musée des Commerces d’AutrefoisThe museum shops of yesteryear is in the heart of Rochefort. The museum specializes in vintage shops. Visitors can discover the charm of the small trade of the early twentieth century. They can see ...
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Église Saint-AndréChurch of Saint-André was built in the early of XVII century, classical style, it has a beautiful carved wooden altar and a remarkable portal pilasters. The building also has the only bell ...
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Prieuré Saint-Médard de La PerrochePriory of Saint-Médard of La Perroche before the Revolution was a monastic congregation, called la Chancelade. This building is a large complex of buildings to rubble apparent, with a large ...
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Le Musée des AutomatesComposed by more than 300 characters in motion (old automata, contemporary pieces and large animated scenes ...), the Museum of automaton amazes children and adults. Through its automatons, the ...
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Aquarium de la RochelleThe Aquarium of La Rochelle is one of the largest private aquarium in Europe. It welcomes about 900,000 visitors annually and is the first tourist site in the Charente Maritime and sixth nationally. ...
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Tours de la RochelleThe towers of la Lanterne, la Chaîne and Saint-Nicolas, are facing the ocean, they are the symbols of La Rochelle. They are the most important maritime medieval relics of fortifications. They ...
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Musée des Beaux-ArtsInstalled in the hotel Crussol Uzes, registered as historical monuments since 1925, the Museum of Fine Arts offers a rich panorama of European painting from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. ...
A week-end to discover La Rochelle
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : La rochelle
- Durée : 2 jours
For this tour a weekend, we invite you to discover the city of La Rochelle, prefecture of the department of Charente-Maritime.
Visit Fouras
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Fouras
- Durée : 4 jours
Located at the mouth of Charente, the peninsula of Fouras-les-bains extends on 4 kilometers its five sand beaches end, like its three ports, protected from the strong swells by the islands of Aix, Oléron and Ré. Planted holm oaks and pines, it offers to the visitors a framework green ...
Welcome to L'Île d'Aix
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Ile-d'aix
- Durée : 8 jours
The Island of Aix is a French island, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, off the coasts of the Charente-Maritime. It is located in the middle of the sluice of Antioche, between the island of Oléron and Fouras,in the northern end of the vast mouth of Charente.
Welcome to Châtelaillon-Plage
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Chatelaillon-plage
- Durée : 7 jours
Châtelaillon-Plage is a french town, located in the department of the Charente-Maritime and the Poitou-Charentes area.