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La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in Charente-Maritime on the Atlantic coast of France. It has a charming old town and harbour, and is often called "la ville blanche" for its limestone buildings: they're handsome in any weather, but brilliant when the sun shines down from a big blue Atlantic sky. Wikivoyage

Population 79,851 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in France

Visas and entry What your passport needs for France
Tourist office · 580 m Office de Tourisme

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Film Festival

    June – July

    Film Festival is probably next held 28 June - 4 July 2024, tbc

  2. TV Drama Festival

    September

    TV Drama Festival has free screenings of shows not yet broadcast. The next is probably 12-17 Sept 2023, tbc

  3. La Rochelle Jazz Festival

    October

    La Rochelle Jazz Festival is next held 12-15 Oct 2023

  4. Marathon de La Rochelle

    November

    Marathon de La Rochelle is next run on Su 26 Nov 2023

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (La Rochelle); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Marché Central

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 08:00–13:30
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–13:30
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–13:30
    4. Thursday: 08:00–13:30
    5. Friday: 08:00–13:30
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:30
    7. Sunday: 08:00–13:30

    08:00–13:30

    180 m from the centre

  • Marché

    No hours mapped

    190 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.