Itinerary · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Rochelle for Families: 3 Days of History in the Old Harbour
A family stay in old La Rochelle: the Bunker and its trail game, Saint-Louis Cathedral and its sailors' ex-voto, the Musée protestant and the Great Siege of 1627-1628, the Musée du Nouveau Monde and its maps of the Americas, then the Résidence des Indes and its tea salon — three days through the lanes of the historic centre.
3 days · 5 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
La Rochelle, wartime memory and sailors' ex-voto
Le Bunker de La Rochelle occupies the former command post of German submarine officers, left untouched since 1941: a 280 m² tour of the town's story from 1939 to 1945, with a trail game designed for children — then Saint-Louis Cathedral, a former Protestant temple converted in 1648, where visitors can spot the sailors' ex-voto models hanging in the Chapelle des Marins.
Trail game for kidsMuseum · La Rochelle
Le Bunker de La Rochelle
The Bunker of La Rochelle is a history museum housed in a military building dating from 1941, the former headquarters of German submarine officers during World…
Sailors' ex-votoChurch · La Rochelle
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de La Rochelle
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de La Rochelle est un édifice de style néoclassique situé rue Chaudrier dans le centre-ville. Anciennement Grand Temple protestant de la…
Day 2
La Rochelle, the Great Siege and the New World
Housed in the city's Protestant temple, the Musée protestant traces the Reformation, the Wars of Religion and the Great Siege of 1627-1628, when La Rochelle held out for a year against royal troops, across three chronological rooms — then the Musée du Nouveau Monde, founded in 1982, displays old maps, engravings and objects brought back by La Rochelle navigators from Canada, Brazil and Louisiana.
The Great Siege of 1627-1628Museum · La Rochelle
Musée protestant
The Protestant Museum of La Rochelle is dedicated to the history of Protestantism in the La Rochelle region, in Aunis and Saintonge. Located in the city's…
Maps and objects from the AmericasMuseum · La Rochelle
Musée du Nouveau Monde de La Rochelle
Created in 1982, the Museum of the New World in La Rochelle is dedicated to the historical relationships between France, particularly La Rochelle, and the…
Day 3
La Rochelle, an 18th-century merchant's residence
The Musée de la Résidence des Indes occupies the 18th-century townhouse of shipowner Weiss, local representative of the East India Company: restored interiors, objects brought back from the Far East, and a tea salon to round off the family visit before heading home.
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