Saint Gilles Croix de Vie

Discover Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and the surrounding area during your holiday

By staying in a holiday rental in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie you will have the opportunity to enjoy one of the 20 fine sandy beaches in the Saint Gilles Croix de Vie area, go hiking along the wild coastline, stroll around the marinas, go cycling, take part in water sports activities, visit and discover this beautiful area. During your holiday in a holiday rental in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, you can enjoy a wide range of water sports such as paddling, kayaking, pedal-boating and canoeing. You can also enjoy walks along the Rivière de la Vie or the Grande Plage. The tourist office offers you an "advantage pass" for the Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. This pass allows you to visit tourist sites at reduced prices during your holiday rental stay in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. It's the ideal way to save money on your holiday without going without! Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is part of a community of communes that includes around fifteen towns, each as charming as the next. In Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, you can discover the salt marshes and meet the salt and salt workers, who will be delighted to share their know-how with you! If you spend the night in one of the Clévacances holiday rentals in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, you'll have the chance to pop over to the Île d'Yeu! During your stay, head for the port of St Gilles and embark on a day's discovery of Ile d'Yeu, an island accessible only by sea or air, hiding many idyllic spots.

Activities to do near Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

The two great culinary specialities of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie are sardines and prawns. As far as sardines are concerned, this is a "red label" fish that is well known to food lovers! They can be bought fresh from April to September, and canned for the rest of the year. There's a workshop dedicated to sardines, called "l'atelier des sardines" (the sardine workshop), which retraces the steps involved in La Perle des Dieux's remarkable expertise. Your holiday will also be an opportunity to sample all the shrimp specialities. Fished from October to February, they can be eaten in a variety of ways: plain, with bread, with aïoli or with mayonnaise… there's something for everyone! Discover these specialities in one of the many restaurants in the region, or enjoy a meal with family and friends in your Clévacances holiday rental. Whatever accommodation you are looking for, flat or house, with garden or swimming pool, in town or in the countryside, you will find the rental that suits you with Clévacances. For your stay in the Vendée, set off to discover Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in one of our many Clévacances-labelled rentals.