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Family activities on La Vélodyssée

Here are ideas for family activities on your rest days or after you’re done biking for the day on La Vélodyssée.

Explore the Jardin du Vent

Within Notre-Dame-de-Monts, at the base of a strange windmill topped with sails, a unique hidden garden invites you to enjoy an artistic, amusing and instructive stroll. Moving sculptures, wind games, weather maps and information sprinkle surprises throughout the path that centres around a wind rose and a green theatre.

Practical info

open April to September and during the Toussaint holidays
free, self-guided visit
free bike parking and luggage storage

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Travel back in time at Préhisto’site du Cairn

Au cœur d'une terre de mégalithes à Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt en Vendée, le Préhisto'site du Cairn embarque le public à l'ère du Néolithique, pour un voyage ludique, pédagogique et participatif. L'espace musée propose 3 salles d'exposition interactives à la découverte de la vie quotidienne des Hommes préhistoriques et des mégalithes de la région.

Côté pratique :

ouverture d'avril à septembre et aux vacances de la Toussaint
de 5 à 8 € par personne

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Climb the Coubre lighthouse

You’ll find one of Europe’s most powerful lighthouses in La Tremblade, at the northern tip of the Girond estuary. After climbing 300 steps in the opaline-coloured interior, you’ll be rewarded with a breathtaking 360° panorama featuring La Tremblade’s Côte Sauvage and its magnificent beaches, the La Coubre forest, the Gironde estuary and Oléron island.

Practical info

open February to November
from €2.50 to €4 per person

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44,10 Km

2 h 56 min

Les Sables d'Olonne

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Lège-Cap-Ferret / Arcachon

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2 h 48 min

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Here are ideas for family activities on your rest days or after you’re done biking for the day on La Vélodyssée.

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