Tourist attractions Cholet

A more effective trip back in time than any epic movie, the enchanting, beautiful estate of Puy de Fou (composed of 50ha of woodland) is the backdrop for historical shows featuring incredible special effects. Covering the years 1000 to 1900, severa..

The rear terrace of the Château du Puy du Fou overlooks a huge lake and 23 hectares which are the stage for the grandiose Cinéscénie sound-and-light show. The epic spectacle, with music by Nick Glennie Smith, is run and performed by an organisation t..

The castle is set in a 50ha estate with lakes and paths running through woodland filled with typically French flora and fauna. High points of the visit include falconry displays, stunt riding, gladiatorial combats and reconstructions of amazing battl..

The Art Gallery has paintings and sculptures from the 18C to the 20C. Local artist Pierre Charles Tremolieres (1703-1739) takes pride of place. As regards contemporary art, geometric abstract works predominate. The history gallery evokes Cholet in ..

Popular among the locals as a place to stroll, this huge public garden of 13ha is a broad green sward in the middle of the town.

Pleasant avenues planted with lime trees surround the Palace of Justice (17C)

The town was devastated during the Vendée Wars so badly that very little remains of buildings built before the Revolution. Nevertheless, at the heart of the city the place Rouge, the rue du Devau and the rue du Commerce (pedestrianised) have preserve..

On the site of an old commissariat of which happily nothing remains, this cultural space of varying shapes has various uses (cabaret, theatre, concerts...) and is a flourishing artistic centre (clowns, jazz, worldwide music). Café-philo (debating for..

In a building inspired by London’s Crystal Palace, a variety of looms trace technological evolution up to 1910, evoking the now-gone enormous machinery once operational here and the history of the textile industry (illustrated in particular by the “t..

This is arranged as a museum of the countryside; furniture and objects from daily life, farm machinery from the period 1900 - 1950.

Surrounded by hills, this lake with gently sloping banks provides an opportunity to indulge in a variety of water sports (wind surfing, fishing, rowing, sailing) as well as activities on dry land (golf, archery, riding).

Millions of migrating birds regularly stop here at this major ornithological reserve.