La Rochelle
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Restaurants | Nightlife | Shopping | Sightseeing | Key Areas | Day Trips | Airport Information
La Rochelle Restaurants
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Affordable (30)
Le Koi
Japanese food is à la mode this summer, and this sushi-and-salad bar is one of the best. It also has a great selection of wines from all over the world plus cocktails. read more
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Fine dining (20)
Le 28
Eat oysters and enjoy the extensive wine list while gazing out over the port. The waiters will advise you which oysters to choose and which wines go best with them. read more
La Rochelle Nightlife
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Chilled (28)
La Java des Paluches
Fashionable, brightly coloured bar, well off the tourist trail, where you can get a drink at the bar and hang out reading their magazines as long as you like. read more
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Clubbing (20)
Le Saoufe
The name means "How you doing?" and the atmosphere is really that friendly at this Creole cocktail bar with live music and open jam night for musicians on Tuesdays. read more
This Month in La Rochelle:
By Samantha DavidShopping: Styl'Couture makes, mends and alters clothes, so if your summer frocks have mysteriously shrunk or stretched during the winter, this is where to get them let out or taken up (5 Rue des Dames, tel: 05 4650 5539).
Key areas: The Festival International des Très Courts runs from 4-13 May and showcases ultra-short films - only three minutes or less! The festival prides itself on discovering new talent long before Sundance (more info from the tourist office).
La Rochelle News & Gossip
Oyster Thieves in La Rochelle
LA ROCHELLE
It's not a good time to be an oyster-lover. A crippling shellfish plague and over-harvesting have caused the price of European oysters to rocket, hitting €18 a dozen in some areas. The higher prices are also making oysters an increasingly popular target for thieves - one heist near Oléron in France earlier this year saw 240,000 (about 14.5 tons) taken in one go, making it the biggest oyster theft in French history. Police have since caught the Oléron crooks, but authorities across Europe say they are staying alert to the threat posed by illegal oyster-catchers.
La Rochelle Trivia
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May: The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a 2.9km bridge - the longest in France - completed on 19 May, 1988.
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October: The siege of La Rochelle in 1627 was used as background in some chapters of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers.
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September: Unlike the rest of France, La Rochelle has historically been more Protestant than Catholic, which was eventually what led to the Huguenot Rebellions.
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