La Rochelle, France, Episode 323
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
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La Rochelle in the Charente is a gorgeous French city on the French Atlantic coast. It is surrounded by beautiful coast, white limestone and stunning vistas. La Rochelle is a favorite vacation spot for French people, but doesn't seem to be on a radar of a lot of American visitors. That's a mistake because it is usually sunny and has a mild oceanic climate.
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/323
You could spend a whole week in La Rochelle and keep busy by exploring nearby islands such as Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron. Those are the easy ones because they both have a causeway to drive to them. You can even take a bus from La Rochelle to visit those places for the day. Some islands are more remote and can only be accessed by boat. You could also explore the Marais Poitevin and beautiful cities like Saintes, Rochefort and Cognac in this region.
In this episode we talk about the siege of La Rochelle, how it brought the city to its knees. We also discuss how La Rochelle gained back its prominence by being an active participant in the slave trade. This shameful part of history has been acknowledge in the city as you will hear when we discuss the new world museum.
We recommend you download the official brochures of La Rochelle published by the tourist office, they provide an excellent walking tour of the city.
Discussed in this Episode
- Ile de Ré
- Rochefort (the Hermione and Marquis de Lafayette)
- Ile d’Oléron
- Cognac
- Saintes
- Tour Saint Nicolas
- Tour de la Lanterne
- Tour de la Chaine
- German u-boats
- Musée du Nouveau Monde
- Les Francofolies
- Aquarium of La Rochelle
- La Grosse Horloge
- Oysters
- La Mouclade
- Pinot de La Rochelle (fortified wine)
- Chabichou goat cheese
- La galette Charentaise
- Fort Boyard
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| 0:00.0 | This is join us in France episode 323. |
| 0:05.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant and today I bring you a conversation with Elise about La Rochelle. |
| 0:12.0 | We've both visited and enjoyed La Rochelle. We've both visited and enjoyed La Rochelle very much and as always |
| 0:16.4 | we discussed the history of La Rochelle and all the things you should not miss |
| 0:21.2 | both in La Rochelle itself and nearby. Once we're all able to travel |
| 0:26.8 | again I think La Rochelle would be a lovely destination because there is a lot |
| 0:31.9 | to do in that area and I would bet that most of you have not |
| 0:36.2 | visited yet and the podcast is turning seven on February 12th. How about that? Seven years old. Next thing you know it'll be |
| 0:46.8 | graduating from college. Needless to say I am very proud of that baby. |
| 0:53.0 | And you know what podcasts don't last for seven years? |
| 0:57.0 | Podcasts without fans, listeners and patrons, |
| 1:01.0 | patrons, patrons, thank you so much for what you do to keep me and the |
| 1:05.4 | podcast going. I hope to continue to show you around France, French life, and French |
| 1:10.1 | culture for a long time to come, but I can only do that with your help. |
| 1:15.0 | Elise can only continue to be a frequent guest on the podcast with your support. |
| 1:20.0 | So if you like what we do here, join us in France consider supporting us by going to |
| 1:24.9 | Patreon.com for slash join us P at reon for me it's join us for at least it's a lease art E-L-Y-S-A-R-T. |
| 1:36.0 | Both Elis and I have several new patrons to acknowledge |
| 1:39.0 | and we will name them after the interview. |
| 1:42.0 | I've also polled my patrons about their favorite rewards. |
| 1:46.1 | The partial results are in. I'll talk about that after the interview as well. |
| 1:51.4 | And if you'd like to check out my book and my tours or see the list of my |
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