{"id":2415,"date":"2023-01-06T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/visits-and-excursions\/the-vendee\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T08:51:16","slug":"the-vendee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/visits-and-excursions\/the-vendee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vend\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Vend\u00e9e<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Family camping vacations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Going to the Vend\u00e9e during your vacations means choosing the <strong>ideal<\/strong> <strong>destination<\/strong> for your whole <strong>family<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young and old alike will enjoy the <strong>grandiose natural spaces<\/strong> and the many <strong>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/sea-islands-side\/beaches-and-forests\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2452\">beaches<\/a> <\/strong> covered with fine sand. The Vend\u00e9e benefits from an annual sunshine duration of more than 2100 hours. This favorable climate is conducive to outdoor life and camping vacations in the Vend\u00e9e, especially in Saint Jean de Monts au Bois Verdon. You will be able to choose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/lodging\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2635\">the accommodation<\/a> that suits you: recent mobile homes, large comfort, 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms. Your tribe will be delighted and comfortable in our lovely cottages within our four star campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming to the Vend\u00e9e, on a family vacation, means above all enjoying the pleasures of swimming and water sports. Close to the Bois Verdon campsite, you will find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/sea-islands-side\/discover-saint-jean-de-monts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2455\">Saint Jean de Monts<\/a> <strong>water sports center<\/strong> which offers paddle, kitesurfing, sailing, sand yachting&#8230; Everyone will be able to practice their favorite activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Vend\u00e9e, your whole family will get on their bikes to ride along the <strong>many bicycle paths <\/strong>of the department. At the Bois Verdon campsite, the bicycle paths are just in front of the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1800 km of cycle tracks stretch over the whole of the Vend\u00e9e region for superb rides along the national forest or the wild dunes. As for the two-wheel enthusiasts, they will take the <strong>V\u00e9lodyss\u00e9e<\/strong>, a 1200 km bicycle route that crosses Brittany and follows the Atlantic coast to the Basque coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" width=\"140\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait.png 559w, https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vacation discovery of the Vend\u00e9e region:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Gastronomy and local products of the Vend\u00e9e<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Vend\u00e9e, take advantage of your vacation to sharpen your taste buds and discover a multitude of local producers and local specialties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located near the coast, close to Saint Jean de Monts and the Bois Verdon campsite, discover our local producers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the <strong>sardine cannery <\/strong>of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/experience-saint-gilles-croix-de-vie\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2354\">Saint Gilles Croix de Vie<\/a>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>direct sale of oysters<\/strong> at the Barre de Monts &#8211; Fromentine,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>salt marsh<\/strong>, les Boucheaux in Beauvoir sur Mer,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>cannery of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/our-experiences\/yeu-island-experience\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2551\">the Ile d&#8217;Yeu<\/a><\/strong> (sale of cooked products based on seafood, tuna and smoked salmon),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>the cookie factory<\/strong> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/our-experiences\/noirmoutier-experience\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2576\">Noirmoutier<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At 2 km from Bois Verdon, walk along the avenue of the forest, near the embankment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/sea-islands-side\/discover-saint-jean-de-monts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2455\">Saint Jean de Monts<\/a>. Many of the  <strong>restaurants<\/strong> are waiting for you to offer you a variety of menus to savor the  <strong>local specialties cooked<\/strong> with seafood (mackerel, cod, sardines from Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, sea bream &#8230;) and taste the delicious seafood (Bouchot mussels, crabs, spiders, scampi, sole sablaise &#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Vend\u00e9en bocage, only 1H30 from Verdon Wood, taste the unavoidable <strong>Vend\u00e9en brioche<\/strong> in Vendrennes and taste the delicious <strong>pr\u00e9fou<\/strong>, a speciality of the South of the Vend\u00e9e that is eaten as an aperitif. It is a bread that is traditionally filled with butter and garlic and is served hot. There are also prefou with chorizo, goat cheese and dried tomato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget the typical dish of the Vend\u00e9e Bas-Bocage, the traditional <strong>ham-mogette<\/strong> combining the tender and soft Vend\u00e9e ham and the mogette (white bean) which is mostly grown in the Bas-Bocage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fermeaubergemoulin-2_preview-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"specialty of the Vend\u00e9e\" class=\"wp-image-421\" style=\"border-radius:100px\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fermeaubergemoulin-2_preview-edited-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fermeaubergemoulin-2_preview-edited-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fermeaubergemoulin-2_preview-edited-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>The Vend\u00e9e is also renowned for the quality of its wines and its craft beers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come and visit the Vend\u00e9e vineyards united under <strong>the AOC Fiefs Vend\u00e9ens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiefs Vend\u00e9ens includes five terroirs in the Vend\u00e9e region, which are distributed as follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Brem area<\/strong> near the ocean with the communes of Brem sur Mer, Br\u00e9tignolles sur Mer, l&#8217;\u00eele d&#8217;Olonne, Olonne sur Mer and Vair\u00e9. There are dry white wines as well as light ros\u00e9 wines and stronger reds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>terroir of Chantonnay<\/strong>, in the central Vend\u00e9e, whose vineyards are located on the slopes of the Lay river in Chantonnay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>Mareuil terroir<\/strong> covering 330 hectares, known for its red, ros\u00e9 and white wines. The Mourat vineyards are also part of this region and you will find some of their products in the grocery store of the 4 star Bois Verdon campsite in the Vend\u00e9e.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>terroir of Pissotte<\/strong>, in the South-East of the Vend\u00e9e, near the forest of Mervent-Vouvant, known for its ros\u00e9s and whites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>terroir of Vix<\/strong>, south of Fontenay le Comte, producing mainly red and white wines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aperitif, taste the famous &#8221; <strong>trouspinette<\/strong> de Vend\u00e9e&#8221; that you can buy at the Bois Verdon grocery store. It is a sweet and soft wine, flavored by blackthorn or hawthorn shoots that are left to macerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a digestive, try the <strong>Kamok<\/strong>, a coffee liqueur prepared from the infusion of 3 great Arabicas and then aged for more than three years in oak barrels. It is mainly tasted with crushed ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as the <strong>beers of the Vend\u00e9e<\/strong> are concerned, we can mention some craft breweries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the <strong>M\u00e9lusine brewery<\/strong>, located in Chambretaud, offering 16 different beers with an organic and conventional range. At the Bois Verdon bar, you can enjoy the delicious Love and Flowers, an organic white beer with rose petals, awarded the bronze medal at the 2020 agriculture show,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>brewery la Petite Ramoni\u00e8re<\/strong> located in the Breton marsh of Notre Dame de Monts, only 5 km from the campsite le Bois Verdon, offers a range of 5 beers available all year round and another 5 seasonal beers. These beers are named after birds found in the marsh, such as the avocette (white beer), the stilt (lager), the barge (amber beer)&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the  <strong>N&#8217;O Brewery  <\/strong>in La Gu\u00e9rini\u00e8re on the island of Noirmoutier, 30 minutes from the Bois Verdon campsite, is the only beer brewed and bottled on the island and offers a range of eight beers for sale at the brewery and in the bars and restaurants of the island of Noirmoutier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" width=\"140\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait.png 559w, https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trait-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Culture and heritage in Vend\u00e9e<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Vend\u00e9e, there is never a dull moment. There are many historical sites to visit and they contribute to the richness of our heritage and to the enhancement of our cultural identity in the Vend\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children and adults will be able to discover many <strong>castles and historical monuments<\/strong>: the castle of Talmont in Talmont Saint Hilaire, the house of Chabotterie in Saint Sulpice le Verdon, the castle of Tiffauges near the Puy du Fou, the Abbey of Maillezais, the castle of Apremont&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also visit the  <strong>Museums of the Vend\u00e9e<\/strong> near the campsite le Bois Verdon :  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-leboisverdon.com\/en\/ground-side\/the-salt-marshes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2399\">the salt marshes of La Vie in Saint Hilaire de Riez<\/a>, Biotopia in Notre Dame de Monts, the Ch\u00e2teau de  Noirmoutier, the Daviaud in la Barre de Monts, Charles Milcendeau museum in Soullans but also the Historial de la Vend\u00e9e in Luc sur Boulogne, shell museum in Sables d&#8217;Olonne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vend\u00e9e Family camping vacations Going to the Vend\u00e9e during your vacations means choosing the ideal destination for your whole family. 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