LIVING AND TRAVELLING IN THE VENDÉE

I often write about the beautiful region of Green Venice to the south of the Vendée, so this week I thought I’d visit a region not well known to me, namely the Marais Breton. Testament to that area’s once all important salt farming industry, this delightful labyrinth of canals and rivers is now home to diverse wild life and enchanting, historical memories. The Marais Breton is a vast area in the north east of the region and like the Marais Poitevin (its sister marsh in the south), it’s had its share or Romans, Benedictine monks, Vikings and Normans  shaping its contours over the centuries but now represents a brilliantly preserved ecology.Mucking around in the Marshes, discover these two treats in Sallertaine…1. Ile Aux Artisans More or less in the heart of the region is the pretty town of Sallertaine and this is where I ended up. Once an island, in what was a silty …