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Camping near St Vincent sur Jard, Southern Vendee
St Vincent sur Jard is pretty much next door to Jard sur Mer. Both are in the Southern Vendee and both are roughly mid way between Les Sables d'Olonne and la Tranche sur Mer. Saint Vincent is the more southerly of the two and lies at the northern tip of the Foret de Longeville which stretches right down the Atlantic coastline to the outskirts of la Tranche.
Beaches are beautiful in that region, as they are in most of the Vendee, and the whole area is a haven for watersports enthusiasts as is a great deal of the Vendee coastline. If you are looking for a peaceful holiday doing nothing much but lazing around and dipping into the sea etc as the mood takes you then St Vincent is for you. It's a small place with a few shops and a bar or two and that's about it. But that's all you need isn't it?
As we've mentioned above, it is very near to a forest which is great for walking and cycling, and especially good if you like to take wildlife photos because there are masses of different birds there, and of course no French forest is worthy of the name without a host of red squirrels.
Assuming you are setting off from Le Havre, Caen, Cherbourg or St Malo then you will most probably get to Rennes and further on down the same dual carriageway Nantes. When you get near to Nantes you need to take the Nantes périphérique (ring road). Follow the signs for Bordeaux when on the périphérique otherwise you will undoubtedly have to go through the city - easy enough but time wasting. Get off the périphérique at junction 48 and head down the D937 to La Roche sur Yon.
La Roche is quite industrial, and for a French city it can be quite confusing getting around it, but take the D747 and head for la Tranche. Keep on that road until you reach Moutiers-les-Maufaits and Le Givre where you pick up signs for Longeville and St Vincent.
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