Getting here by plane
Nantes-Atlantique Airport (NTE): +33 (0)2 40 84 80 00
La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH): Tel: +33 (0)5 46 42 86 70
Getting here by train
Luçon SNCF train station: Avenue Émile Beaussire -85400 Luçon
La Roche-sur-Yon SNCF train station: Place d’Estienne d’Orves – 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon
Les Sables d’Olonne SNCF train station: Rue de la Bauduère – 85100 Les Sables-d’Olonne
La Rochelle SNCF train station: Place Pierre Sémard – 17000 La Rochelle
For Information, reservations, timetables and traffic info: Dial 3635 (from France only)
Stations served by taxi and local bus services, as well as the departmental Sovetours coach network.
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Getting here by car
From Paris on the A11 motorway: 4 hrs 35 mns, via Le Mans 2 hrs 30 mns, and Angers on the A87 motorway: 1 hr 40 mns.
From Bordeaux on the A10 motorway: 2 hrs 40 mns, via Saintes on the A837 motorway: 1 hr 30 mns, and La Rochelle on the D50: 50 mns.
Getting here by bus
“Sovetours” departmental network:
Route 555 La Roche-sur-Yon – La Tranche-sur-Mer – L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer
Route 550 Les Sables-d’Olonne – La Tranche-sur-Mer – Luçon
Route 540 La Roche-sur-Yon – Luçon – La Rochelle
Route 520 La Roche-sur-Yon – Fontenay-le-Comte
Regional service LR 17 Fontenay-le-comte – La Rochelle
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Getting here by biKE
Join our Tourist Office “Accueil Vélo” in complete safety, from a bike path, a Vendée Vélo loop or the Euroroute Vélodyssée.