| Departure Conference Center
| 8:30 |
| Visit of La Rochelle downtown |
10:30 |
| Cruise around Aix isle |
14:00 |
| Back to Conference center |
19:30 |
| Price (including lunch) |
80€ |
The fortified town, La Rochelle has built its splendor on and around the ocean. The cultural and architectural heritage of this one-time fishing village sheds light on its maritime vocation: the towers on the lookout over the entrance to the ancient port, the large clock, the Renaissance abodes of the old-time shipowners, the arcaded shop-lined streets, the museums and even the giant aquarium...A rebel in the depth of its time-chiseled stones, the capital of French Protestantism is suffused with its glorious past. It is when promenading along the port of the Minimes , a cable's length or two from the isle of Ré , that one is best impregnated with the maritime renaissance of La Rochelle. Given over to yachts and schooners, the most venerable European port of the Atlantic seaboard attracts the comeliest sailboats in the world.
The Island of Aix, often called Island Dais or Island of Ay in a distant past, has the shape of a green and sand crescent with a slightly marked relief which stretches on 130 hectares with beaches, creeks and rocks. Three kilometers long and 600 meters wide, its central part is sometimes covered by the spring tides. You can stride around it in two hours at a brisk pace, and in less time on horseback or by bicycle... Near its shores, the Fort Enet and the impressive Fort Boyard, made known up to Quebec through a successful television game show, watch over Aix, the most meridional island of the Ponant.
