Vendée Accommodation

The Vendée is arguably the most popular holiday destination to be found on the Atlantic coast of France and there are many different kinds of accommodation to choose from when planning to visit the region. Here are the main ones on offer:

Bed & Breakfast (chambres d'hôtes)
To be found throughout the Vendée with many of them offering an evening meal as an option.  This can be a great way of getting to meet people and practice your French in a family environment Gites de France have 10,000 listed on their website:
http://www.gites-de-france.com/

Hotels
These are usually graded from 0 to 5 stars nationally.  The Logis de France website lists hotels in the Vendée at this address:
http://vendee.logishotels.com/en.html
these will be a guaranteed quality and not necessarily expensive. If you are just looking for an overnight stay then maybe you shouldconsider one of the motel chains for example Ibis or Novotel which can generally be found in or near most big towns. The quality of food atthese hotels tends to be of a higher quality than in the UK and frequently has a regional emphasis.

Vendée Gites:
These may be generally defined as a rural property to be used as self catering holiday accommodation.  The type of property will vary greatly - sometimes it will be stand-alone and sometimes be attached to the owners property.  It could be a small cottage or a farmhouse or even a château!

Once again the Gites de France website has tens of thousands of gites listed on their website: http://www.gites-de-france.com/ Renting a gite is probably the best way to get a feel of living in France.

Camping
With almost 400 classified campsites plus small campsites located on farms, the Vendée  is the main destination for camping in the whole of France!. Michelin's 'Camping France' is probably the best book to help you with camping in the Vendée. A new addition of this useful publication is generally released each spring. Another valuable publication is: 'AA Camping'. The campsites you will find in the Vendée will be of differing quality but in general municipal sites tend to give a high standard and represent more value for money.