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The Vendee Coast, France

Planning a holiday to France then the Vendee Coast is highly recommended with its soft sandy beaches, beautiful sunshine, great places to visit like Saint-Jean-de-Mont and the superb Theme Park, Puy du Fou.

To give a flavour of what's in store if you visit the area below is a brief over view of the area followed by a video of a day on the beach of Saint Jean de Mont which starts with a leisurely day on the beach of Saint Jean De Mont. With local entertainment from a band on the promenade in yellow tee-shirts and white trousers playing their music while families enjoy the sunshine and sea on the silky soft sand, bathing on a hot summer's day in the south of France. Then a stroll along the beach to admire the Puy Du Fou theme park sand statues - All to watch on the video.

Southern France

Saint-Jean-de-Mont is located between Notre-Dame-de-Monts and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez on the Vendee Coast with wonderful sandy beaches stretching about miles along the coast. The sand, as is typical for this part of France, being fine, soft and silky; the sea is always warm and the sky blue.

For entertainment as well as the lovely French shops and open air markets there are always plenty to see and do including visits to one of the local towns, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in particular, and not to be missed; great food, good shops and often open air evening events along the river bank running through the centre of the town. As well as a number of local chateaus (castles) in the area a trip to Noirmoutier to the see the Mini-village and Butterfly Farm makes for a good day out. In the evenings and on into the night, when it's much cooler dipping to 20C (68F) by midnight a number of local towns and villages put on public open-air entertainment often fireworks displays and Medieval Festivals. But the big must see has to be the Puy Du Fou theme park.

Fete Medievale at Chateau de Commequiers

FIreworks Display

Fireworks display at the end of a Medieval Festival at the ruins of Chateau de Commequiers, one of the many open air events held in the cool of the evening during the summer months in the Vendee.

Puy Du Fou Theme Park

Entertainment in the Vendee

Puy Du Fou is just over an hour's drive from the coastal villages in the Vendee and is a big must see. Puy Du Fou is a large amusement park, and to see it all, including all the shows (even moving at a fast pace) takes a couple of days; and in the evenings on certain days of the week in the summer months they run the Cinescenie (from 10pm to midnight), and open air show with 1000 actors and seating 13,000 spectators; a show that tells the history of Puy du Fou. However, because of it's popularity it is best to book well in advance as tickets tend to sell out almost as soon as they go on sale (on their website) at the beginning of the year.

The Grand Parc itself has a number of exhibits including the medieval village and Victorian era village with plenty of side-shows and other entertainment going on all over the park throughout the day. Also In the theme park there are several main features at regular intervals, usually lasting about 40 minutes each including the Gallo-Roman Stadium (Gladiators and chariot races), The Battle of the Keep (Medieval Battle) and The Vikings invasion of a French village, with a Viking Longboat spectacular.

Vendee Coast

Mediterranean weather

The Vendee, half way down France and on the Atlantic Coast, is a significantly large area not far south of Nantes, Brittany (less than an hour's drive) but it's far enough south to pick up the beginnings of the Mediterranean weather so its summers are almost guaranteed to be perfect sunshine with temperatures topping 30C and sometimes touching 35 degrees Celsius (95F).

Not only is the weather good but the beaches, and there are plenty of them, are most wonderful with its fine soft sand and warm sea water ideal for bathing.

So with this setting sit back and watch a on the beach at Saint-Jean-de-Mont.