This compact city, set on the Bay of Biscay on France’s Atlantic coast, packs an astonishing array of places to eat and drink into a small area. Our columnist recommends her favourites
If any small city in the UAE was blessed with as many restaurants as La Rochelle, it would become a place of fevered foodie pilgrimage. Here, streets bristle with bistro after bistro, brasseries, bars and many, many seafood specialists. The locals deal with this bounty with a small so-what shrug: why wouldn’t we? But for us, it would be as though Al Ain suddenly sprouted as many places to eat out as central Dubai.
We’re staying at the traditionally comfortable Hotel Champlain (hotelchamplain.com), perfect for exploring the ancient, porticoed streets. How to choose from La Ville Blanche’s riches? There’s everything from Michelin stars to converted boats selling fried seafood by the waterfront. The most heavily populated restaurant areas, by the Vieux Port, is dominated by two imposing medieval towers, Tour Saint-Nicholas and Tour de la Chaîne.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 2017 من BBC Good Food ME.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 2017 من BBC Good Food ME.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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