Situated on the Lumière coast (Coast of Light), the seaside resort of Les Sables-d'Olonne is a renowned destination presenting numerous attractions: a bustling seafront promenade lined with shops and cafés, a beautiful 3-kilometre long sandy beach that is very popular with summer tourists, a large marina, numerous events and sports activities, a casino and a thalassotherapy centre. Every four years, the seaside resort of Les Sables-d'Olonne hosts the departure of the Vendée Globe, the famous single-handed, round-the-world yacht race sailed non-stop and without assistance.

Built in the eleventh century and fortified in the twelfth century, the castle of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, a real medieval fortress, was the residence of the King of England Richard the Lionheart.

Open to visitors, the Château de Talmont offers medieval activities in summer. And from June to September, during the Nights of Richard the Lionheart, the fortress is adorned with lights and images.

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After the signing of the Versailles Treaty, Georges Clemenceau left his political life and retired in the Vendée in a fisherman's house looking onto the sea located in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard. Remained intact since his death in 1929, Georges Clemenceau's summer residence is today a museum which is home to furnished rooms and souvenirs of the Statesman. An Impressionist garden also is to be discovered.

The seaside resort of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is also a port renowned for its speciality: sardine fishing. Picturesque with its colourful boats, the Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie port is also the oldest in the Vendée!

Built in 1804 by Napoleon I, the town of La Roche-sur-Yon abounds in typical early 19th-century Neoclassical buildings. The Napoleon Trail, signposted with information panels, takes visitors on a tour of sites such as Place Napoleon, a square where an equestrian statue of Napoleon I stands, Saint-Louis church, the town hall (Hôtel de Ville), the former law courts (Palais de Justice), the imperial secondary school, the theatre, the Prefecture and the national stud (Haras National).

Located between Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez and Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, the Corniche Vendéenne is an ocean-front promenade taking walkers along three kilometres of wild coastline strewn with rocks, including a group of five rock stacks called Les Cinq Pineaux.

Situated in Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, The Historial de la Vendée is a museum recounting the history of the Vendée, from Prehistory to our days. The Historial also houses a small museum for children about the history of food.

The Logis de la Chabotterie, a typical Vendée stone manor house in Saint-Sulpice-le-Verdon, has furnished rooms, a permanent exhibition on the subject of the War of the Vendée and General Charette and a beautiful walled formal garden featuring flowerbeds, old roses and aromatic plants.

The Chemin de Charette path through Chabotterie wood leads to a monument commemorating the place where General Charette was arrested in 1796.

A Baroque music festival, Musiques à la Chabotterie, takes place every year in July and August.

Crossed by many small canals, the Breton marsh in the Vendée extends over 45,000 hectares of wetland. This natural environment is home to a very rich fauna and flora.

The Daviaud heritage museum in La Barre-de-Monts is a discovery centre of the Breton marsh in the Vendée.

Situated off Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and extending over 23 km², the Yeu island has preserved its authenticity and its fishing traditions. Rocky coasts, cliffs, dunes, sandy beaches and hedged farmland make up the scenery. One place of interest not to be missed along the wild coast (côte sauvage): the Old Castle, a 14th-century fortified castle standing opposite the sea that is supposed to have inspired Hergé in his famous Tintin comic book The Black Island. Regular sea links with the Yeu island are offered from La Barre-de-Monts - Fromentine, and seasonal links from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.