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La Palmyre Beach

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Châtelaillon beach

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Les Lacs de Haute Charente and other inland beaches

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Cognac tour

Cognac-tasting tours

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Marais Poitevin

Marais Poitevin

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Escal’Atlantic – Saint-Nazaire

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Ecomusée du Marais Salant in Loix en Ré

Ecomusée du Marais Salant

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Despiau-Wlérick museum (musée Despiau-Wlérick)

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Statue at CIBDI, the Comic Strip Museum in Angoulême

CIBDI: the Comic Strip Museum

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Château des ducs de Bretagne – history museum in Nantes

Château des ducs de Bretagne – Musée d’histoire de Nantes

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