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Ile De Re Chocolates et Caramels
The guide was updated:The only producer of caramel made with AOP Poitou-Charentes butter containing Ré island 'fleur de sel' salt. Learn about artisanal caramel production, visit their workshops and taste delicious products. If you are convinced these are the best chocolates you ever had, you can bring some home!
Useful Information
- Address: 16, rue Elie Barreau, La Rochelle
- More Info: ZA les Rivauds Nord
- Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9.30am-6pm
- Website: www.iledere-chocolats.com
- Phone: +33 05 46 56 56 50
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The 19th-century covered market seethes with stallholders selling fresh fruit and vegetables, fish splayed on beds of ice, and meat. The building itself is worth the detour, but we suggest you come in and buy a few local specialties and fresh seafood, some of which you can even eat on location.
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Craft Market
Authentic, handmade leather crafts, jewellery, sand sculptures and more are sold by the artists themselves on the waterfront. You can also have your portrait painted or buy a representation of La Rochelle. If you have no purchasing intention, this market is still a nice walk by day or night.
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Paul Bossuet
Cognac and Pineau is produced by this local vintner make great souvenirs for your loved ones (and yourself) as they are very typical of the region and are sold in beautiful bottles. You can buy all the products in the wine store or directly at the vineyard, for the same prices!
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Galeries LaFayette
This well-known French department store gathers everything from fashion to house decoration in four large floors. It presents all the major French and global brands and is the perfect place to get your fabulous French Woman panoply: beret, Coco Chanel style pants and classy suit vest.
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Ile De Re Chocolates et Caramels
The only producer of caramel made with AOP Poitou-Charentes butter containing Ré island 'fleur de sel' salt. Learn about artisanal caramel production, visit their workshops and taste delicious products. If you are convinced these are the best chocolates you ever had, you can bring some home!
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Matlama
Matlama specialises in the handmade production of bags and fashion accessories with unusual designs. It also hosts exhibitions featuring the work of local artists and craftsmen in a wide array of arts, including but not limited to paintings, jewellery and leather work.
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Bijoux Vertigo
Set in the streets of Port, Vertigo jewellery is an institution in La Rochelle. You will find in this carefully set boutique a wide selection of fashion jewellery in sterling silver, natural materials and precious stones. A store of the similar brand also exists in Paris.
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La Maison D'Ambre
La Maison D'Ambre - literally "The Amber House" - specializes in perfumes, home fragrances, mineral stones and amber jewellery. The creator of the products recently started producing also home decorations such as various objects decorated with or shaped as angels.
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Librairie Gréfine
The Librairie Grefine (Grefine Book store) is a great shop packed with the latest and the most vintage cartoons, mangas, illustrated books and a crowd of miniatures! Come here to be around other book lovers or find your read of the holiday: you will encounter both!
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