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La Poterie de Nesmy
Nesmy
The oldest family pottery in the area, specialising in earthenware turned on the wheel and hand-decorated using traditional techniques
Musée du Chocolat
La Roche-Sur-Yon
Maison Gelencser has been making hand-made chocolates since 1956; now it has opened a chocolate museum where you can dive into the history of chocolate
Maison des Libellules
Rives-de-l'Yon
Come and learn about dragonflies! 4000 square feet of exhibition give you the chance to learn about these majestic insects and their environment, the Yon Valley. La Maison des Libellules (The Dragonfly Centre) is established in an old presbytery, with an environmentally friendly contemporary buildin
Moulin de Rambourg
Nesmy
Since the miller hung up his apron in 1981, the Rambourg watermill has been open to the public - a place to relax and dream...
CZ atelier
Venansault
CZ atelier offers unique and tailor-made creations, both for dressing and home decorating.
Musée Charles Payraudeau
La Chaize-le-Vicomte
Permanent exhibition of preserved birds from the collection of the French naturalist Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865).
La Folie de Finfarine
Poiroux
La Folie de Finfarine is a tourist site (playful and educational) which invites you to discover the bees'life and the production of honey, with the mascot "Bizzbee the bee".
Sleeping
Camping L'Ambois
Mouilleron-le-Captif
This holiday park, open all year round, also has a mini-farm, heated indoor swimming and paddling pools, a Ludi-spa and a huge games area.
Ferme de La Veillonnière
Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Pascale and Jean will be delighted to welcome you to their dairy farm at Saint-Florent-des-Bois, which also operates as a guest house. There are two rooms for up to 3 guests each.
Gîtes de France Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon
Gîtes de France Vendée will help you to find holiday lets or guest houses in the Vendée (Département 85).
Hôtel Ibis
Mouilleron-le-Captif
This 3-star hotel is north of La Roche-sur-Yon and offers 91 rooms, a restaurant, a fitness room and a meeting room.
Hôtel Ibis budget
Mouilleron-le-Captif
This 2-star hotel is just north of La Roche-sur-Yon, only 5 minutes from Vendéspace. It has 88 rooms, a sports centre, and welcomes pets.
Chambres d'Hôtes La Coquille
La Roche-sur-Yon
Madame Engerbeau will be pleased to welcome you in the centre of La Roche-sur-Yon. There are two rooms available, with room for 4 people in total.
Appart'City
La Roche-sur-Yon
This 3-star tourist residence caters to both short and long-term visitors to the town. The apartments are furnished with a fully-equipped kitchen, and can take up to 6 people.
Camping Le Moulin de Rambourg
Nesmy
This holiday park is set in woodland close beside the River Yon. It has pitches for tents and there are also bungalows to let. Canoe hire is also available.
Meublé et chambres d'hôtes L'Hortensia Bleu
Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux
L'Hortensia Bleu is a charming home close to the Yon Valley. It has three rooms: Hortensia Bleu, Chèvrefeuille and Camélia.
Hôtel B&B
Mouilleron-le-Captif
Hôtel B&B is on the Nantes road, the northern exit from La Roche-sur-Yon. It is open all year round with 75 rooms.
Camping Campilô
Aubigny
This holiday park at Aubigny has mobile-homes available and large pitches for tents, caravans and motorcaravans in a site covering 16 hectares. It has a heated swimming pool and two fishing lakes.
Gîte Le Fruitier
Thorigny
Gîte created in 2006 in an old garage conversion. Freestanding. The owners live in the same village.
Balladins Hôtel Restaurant
La Roche-sur-Yon
Set in a spot of greenery at the entrance to the town of La Roche-sur-Yon, Hotel-restaurant Balladins offers you calm and comfort.
Première Classe
Mouilleron-le-Captif
The Première Classe in La Roche sur Yon stands between land and sea, close to the VENDESPACE.
Hôtel Campanile Centre Gare
La Roche-sur-Yon
Just beside the train station, this newly built hotel offers modern, comfortable, spacious rooms.
Le Chant de la Vigne
Rives de l'Yon
Well-presented double room with separate access on the ground floor of a modern house.
Hôtel Mercure
La Roche-sur-Yon
This 4-star hotel is in the centre of La Roche-sur-Yon and offers 67 rooms, a restaurant, and modular meeting rooms for seminars or other events.
Gîte de la Balançoire
Le Tablier
This family 'gîte', close to the Yon Valley, can accommodate up to 14. Various activities are available, including shiatsu, donkey rides, fishing, etc.
Le Gîte de la Pommeraie
Landeronde
Gîte converted in 2007 in a restored former farmhouse, adjoining the owner's house.
Domaine des Fontenelles
La Roche-sur-Yon
Camille welcomes you with pleasure in this former flourmill from 1890, which was entirely refurbished in order to host you in one of the three rooms.
Eating out
La Mie Câline - centre-ville
La Roche-sur-Yon
La Mie Câline, right in the town centre, offers you sandwiches, paninis, salads, savoury tarts and delicatessen to eat there or take away.
P'tis ventres de terre
La Roche sur Yon
This restaurant, close to the station, offers local cuisine. The speciality is the little earthenware pot with its bread "hat", so typical of Vendée cooking.
Mc Donald's
La Roche-sur-Yon
McDonalds' restaurants are located opposite Les Flâneries commercial centre and near the Acti Sud shopping centre, offering hamburgers, salads, chips and breakfasts.
Pub la Station
La Roche-sur-Yon
Discover the original Vendée thirst-quencher in the Les Halles quarter of La Roche-sur-Yon.
Grind Café Shop & Co
La Roche-sur-Yon
Your coffee shop located in the Halles area is offering burgers and Premium Bagels prepared with fresh, seasonnal and local produces only !
Le Class'Dale
La Roche-sur-Yon
This pub and snack-bar in the town centre serves home-made food, using mainly local products. And we sell fish & chips on Thursdays and Fridays!
Le Jap'Yonnais
La Roche-sur-Yon
In this restaurant, not far from the railway station, you can enjoy the genuine flavours of Japan or stick to more familiar flavours created with local products.
La Guinguette de Piquet
Le Tablier
Family oriented restaurant and bar in a natural setting. The pure pleasure of sitting outside on a terrace next to the River Yon.
Le Val d'Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon
Traditional cooking and buffet service. Large car park (2 acres)!
Restaurant du Golf
Nesmy
Charming country restaurant offering classic French cuisine as well as a delightful view of the golf course.
Leisure
Golf de la Domangère
Nesmy
La Domangère golf course, set in a 15th century park, is a Californian-style 18-hole course
Day Spa
La Roche-sur-Yon
In the spa and wellness centre in the heart of La Roche-sur-Yon, professional thalassotherapists will give you customised treatment.
Funshine
La Ferrière
More than 60 indoor and outdoor leisure activities.
Atlantic wakepark
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer
Come and enjoy the aquatic activity centre of Aiguillon sur Mer, where you will discover sports such as wakeboarding, wakeskating or water skiing you will never forget...
ULM Henri Greaud
Thorigny
Henri Gréaud will introduce you to the delights of microlight aviation: fly for the first time or discover the Vendée from the air.
IFCE
La Roche-sur-Yon
Come and share our passion for horses at the Haras de la Vendée, set in a 12-acre park in the heart of La Roche-sur-Yon
Fly Sensation
La Roche-sur-Yon
Fly Sensation organises first skydiving experiences up to 4000m altitude, in La Roche-sur-Yon. You will have a chance to admire the city from the sky, as well as its countryside and the valley of Yon, or even the Vendée coastline, if no cloud comes on the way.
Shopping
Le marché des Halles
La Roche-sur-Yon
Les Halles market is held every day from Tuesday to Saturday, with vendors of a wide range of produce: fish, fowls, fruit and vegetables, cheese, bread, etc.
Media Horizon - Imprimerie du Bocage
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne
Media Horizon - Imprimerie du Bocage assists you from the graphic design to the printing of all of your communication media.
Dépann'Vélo 85
La Roche-sur-Yon
Repairs and maintenance of all kind of cycles, mobile all over La Roche-sur-Yon and 15 kilometers around the city.Dépann'Vélo 85 may also advise you on your intentions to buy or on your cycling practice.
Transports
Sovetours
La Roche-sur-Yon
Sovetours is a passenger transport operator for the whole of the Pays de La Loire. It has a fleet large enough to cover its regular services throughout the Vendée and to provide buses for school expeditions, excursions or tourist trips.
Impulsyon
La Roche-sur-Yon
Impulsyon bus network serves all La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération cities thanks to its 15 regular routes and to its on-demand provided transport by reservation. Impulsyon also offers bike rental services.
Loc Éco
La Roche-sur-Yon
This car-hire agency in La Roche-sur-Yon has touring cars and pick-ups for short, medium and long-term hire.