Walking Tour: Discover La Rochelle's History & Sights

Walking tour of La Rochelle in English.

Find out about the history of La Rochelle, visit the key sights to see, discover the best things to see and do around La Rochelle, learn about the Food and Drink specialties of the region and get loads of tips for making the most of your time in this wonderful city!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Towers of La Rochelle - We start outside the Chain Tower, stop outside the Lantern Tower and finish the tour beside the Saint Nicholas Tower
  • Vieux Port - We begin and end beside the old port and pass by it several times on our tour
  • Porte des Deux Moulins - We pass through the Porte des Deux Moulins en route from the Lantern Tower to the…
What's Included
  • Guided Walking Tour
What's Not Included
  • Access nor Entry to the Towers
Location
Place de la Chaîne
We will meet beside the anchor in Place de la Chaîne, just in front of Tour de la Chaîne.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Rita_s
Nov 19, 2024
La Rochelle - John was great! His knowledge was wonderful and shared it with comedy along the way making it even more interesting.
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Michellelx3548vy
Nov 2, 2024
Highly recommend - John was very knowledgeable and gave us some great historical facts about the town. It made our stay a lot more worthwhile having done this tour. We really enjoyed it!,
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T7351trclaudiar
Oct 15, 2024
Nice walk - Lovely overview with practical tips. John is very pleasant and well informed. He has been living in La Rochelle over several years.
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Dreamer589132
Oct 11, 2024
Excellent would highly recommend. - An excellent walking Tour that gives the opportunity to see some great sites and hear the history of La Rochelle. John our tour guide was excellent, very knowledgeable and provided lots of tips to make our stay the best it can be. Overall a really great experience with a really nice tout guide in a lovely city.
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Q4935wokevinb
Oct 7, 2024
Highly Recommended tour. Fun and interesting. - This was a wonderful tour. I highly recommend it. John was very knowledgeable about La Rochelle. At each stop we saw something interesting and learned about La Rochelle's history and where are the best places to eat, the markets, the beaches and so on. At one of the shops John had arranged for us to sample some of the local liquor known as Pineau, and some of the local Brandy. It was a great introduction to La Rochelle. I am only disappointed that we were not able to go on a wine tasting tour that John also offers. I bet that would have been great too!
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D4185hipaulinej
Oct 7, 2024
Highly recommended - Fantastic tour. John was very knowledgeable about La Rochelle and took us on a visit that lasted over two hours. Highly recommended.
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Davidws6111na
Oct 7, 2024
Perfect way to learn about La Rochelle - I only had one afternoon in la Rochelle, this tour was the perfect way to explore the city and learn about it's fantastic history as well as great food and drink tips. Great guide who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic and great to chat with.
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Annie680
Sep 29, 2024
Highly reccomend this Fun and Informative Tour of La Rochelle - This walking Tour with John was the perfect way to get a quick tour of La Rochelle. There was plenty of photo opportunities along the way as we learnt the history of this beautiful port. John answered all of our questions and also gave some great local tips. We all enjoyed it and highly reccomend the tour.
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Y4843kxyvonneh
Sep 29, 2024
What to do during a short stay in La Rochelle! - We thoroughly enjoyed John's 2 hour morning walking tour of La Rochelle last week. Just the right level of history and local information within that time. Great suggestion to book the Wednesday afternoon tour of the Town Hall!
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Joannabl1318lb
Sep 28, 2024
History, cuisine and tastings.. - It was a very enjoyable tour and John from Ireland was full of interesting information. I learned a lot about the history of La Rochelle, the cuisine and the specialty drinks that are pineaux. I'm glad I made the effort to come out in horrible weather! 😊
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