From seaside fun on sleepy Noirmoutier island to gobsmacking historical reenactments at Puy du Fou theme park, this area of western France offers a delicious dip into temps perdu
Low tide on the Passage du Gois reveals a scene that has barely changed in centuries. As the sea retreats, people armed with rakes and shovels set out across the sand flats either side of the cobbled causeway connecting Noirmoutier island with the mainland. Hunched over the rippled sand, they fill baskets and buckets with cockles and clams. Others use penknives to prise oysters off the rocks and pop them straight into their children’s mouths. One family offered our eight-year-old son an oyster, which he golloped down, declaring it delicious. For a moment we felt a little bit French.
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