Itinerary · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Angoulême and Charente-Maritime for Families: 4 Days
A family stay between the comic-book capital and the Charente coast: the Musée de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, La Rochelle's Maritime Museum, and Rochefort's Corderie Royale, explored aboard real ships — four days, one or two sites a day.
4 days · 7 stops · Family
Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Angoulême, comic-book capital
Housed in a former riverside brewery, the Musée de la Bande Dessinée holds over twelve thousand original comic pages and traces two centuries of the ninth art — the town hosts Europe's largest comics festival every January.
Day 2
Angoulême, paper and the upper town
The Musée du Papier traces the history of the paper mills that sustained the Vallée des Eaux Claires from the 16th century onward, before a walk along the ramparts of the upper town, overlooking the Charente below.
Day 3
La Rochelle, harbour and maritime museum
Onward to the coast: La Rochelle's Maritime Museum is explored aboard real vessels moored in the harbour, including a weather frigate, followed by the Natural History Museum and its collections brought back by La Rochelle navigators since the 18th century.
Explored aboard real shipsMuseum · La Rochelle
Musée Maritime de La Rochelle
The Maritime Museum of La Rochelle, located at place Bernard Moitessier, preserves and promotes a heritage linked to the city's port history. Its collections…
Collections since the 18th centuryMuseum · La Rochelle
Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle
The Museum of Natural History in La Rochelle, completely renovated in 2007, is located in the heart of the city. It houses multidisciplinary collections…
Day 4
Rochefort, the Corderie Royale and the sea
The Musée National de la Marine occupies Rochefort's former naval headquarters, then the Centre International de la Mer moves into the Corderie Royale, one of the longest industrial buildings in 17th-century Europe, where all the French navy's rope was once made; final stop at the house of Pierre Loti, novelist and naval officer, left untouched since his death in 1923.
Former naval portMuseum · Rochefort
Musée National de la Marine Rochefort
The National Maritime Museum of Rochefort is located in Charente-Maritime and occupies two distinct sites: the Hôtel de Cheusses/Arsenal and the Former Naval…
Europe's longest ropeworksMuseum · Rochefort
Centre International de la Mer
The International Centre of the Sea, located in Rochefort in Charente-Maritime, occupies the premises of the Corderie Royale, an ancient rope-making…
Untouched since 1923Museum · Rochefort
Maison de Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti's House is an art and history museum located in Rochefort in Charente-Maritime. It occupies the residence of writer Pierre Loti and offers an…
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