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| Poitou-Charentes
Tourist Board : |
| Regional Tourist Information website with lots of useful
information. Providing information on place to visit, to
places to eat. |
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| Futuroscope : |
Like something out of a science fiction novel - Futuroscope
represents a futuristic universe, with a gigantic sphere
set against sloping sheets of glass, translucent cubes,
reflective organ pipes and crystal mirrors reaching and dividing
the sky.
An unforgettable experience, open all year round, with auditoriums equipped with
the latest projection systems producing amazing adventures on land, sea and in
space. A day out there will leave you with unforgettable memories. |
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| La
Palmyre Zoo : |
| Located just 10 km north-west of Royan, this fourteen-hectare
zoo is home to animals from all over the world. More than
1,500 animals from all five continents
including lions, tigers, wolves, sea lions, polar bears, hippopotami,
zebras, rhinoceros, elephants, apes, ostriches, parrots,
ibis, and even crocodiles.
Parrot and sea lion shows from Easter to early November. |
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| Serpent
Island ( L'Ile aux Serpents ): |
| A reptile house providing a natural environment for snakes,
serpents, varans, iguanas and crocodiles, with their prey
and their predators. |
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| Valley
of the Monkeys ( La Vallée des Singes ) : |
| In an 10 hectare park, gorillas, many varieties
of marmosets, macaques, gibbons and capuchin
monkeys live
in
semi-freedom. Don't miss the haunting sounds of
mandrills, white-nosed monkeys and colobi. |
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| Haute
- Saintonge Safari Park ( Le safari parc de Haute-Saintonge
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| Take a 4WD trip and see how wild animals live
(fallow deer, stags, moufflon, roe deer etc.), on a vast
and extensive estate of woodland, lakes and pasture. |
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| Courvoisier (
Courvoisier ) : |
| The Courvoisier company in Jarnac, on the banks
of the River Charente, takes visitors on an outstanding tour:
history of the Napoleonic era illustrated with memorabilia,
objects and equipment used in the production of cognac and
an audio-visual presentation. |
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| Rémy-Martin ( Rémy-Martin
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| Guided tour on board a train
around the 30-hectare Rémy-Martin estate, which
has the largest cooperage in Europe, a Grande Champagne
vineyard, and the
cellars in
which the brandy is
aged and blended. |
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