Gift ideas Poitou-Charentes

The name of this press is inseparable from the nearby ocean. No mutiny here but a vast collection of regional or national postcards and daily newspapers. The Bounty is also a great number of accessories to relax and enjoy the beach. Colorful balloons, toys for children (landing, boats and inevitable shovels and buckets). Parents will have every opportunity to watch their children quietly installed on mats of beaches or for the most sports of them to play snowshoes with them. New now, deposit your cartridges and toners of all marks for filling

Today, we've decided to treat ourselves to a moment to ourselves! Head for the city center and this pretty boutique, just a stone's throw from the market. As you enter, you'll be charmed by the many cosmetic products and scents that envelop you. Marseille soap made in Provence (cube, slice or liquid), donkey milk cream, goat's milk body balm, essential oils... there's something for everyone! An ideal place for gift ideas.

Fleur de septembre, a poetic name for a pretty boutique. Marie-Fleur welcomes you to her concept store. Second-hand goods, designer boutique, tea room, workshops, Fleur de septembre is the perfect place to meet your girlfriends. You'll find books, shoes, accessories and, above all, women's clothing (sizes 34 to 48) on sale. On the designer side, you'll find card-making, macramé, jewelry, sewing, cosmetics... a wealth of gift ideas! And to extend your visit, why not take a seat in the tearoom or on the terrace.

This creative little jar is a treasure trove! A stone's throw from rue Ricard, this Niort-based designer boutique will draw you in with its pretty bags hanging outside and the sweet smell of its soaps. A little jar full of gift ideas, you'll find a wide range of jewelry, decorative objects, baby and adult items, sewing, natural cosmetics, pretty tableware... Each piece is unique, sewn, painted or assembled by hand. Ask Fiona and Sandrine for advice - they're like fish in water in this Petit Bocal!

This soap factory, located in the heart of the Ile de Ré, is easy to get to thanks to its roadside parking. Just step inside and you'll be charmed by the enchanting scents and beautifully decorated store. This is your chance to stock up on beauty products made from donkey's milk. Rich in vitamins and enriched with shea butter, the soaps are sold plain or scented, in solid or liquid form. You'll also find care and massage oils.

Like the fleur de sel, soap is one of the emblematic products of the island of Ré. During the visit of the Baleines lighthouse, you can easily go to this soap factory. The store is recognizable by its stuffed donkey, but it is inside that you will find all the secrets of soap making. Visit the soap factory every Monday and Tuesday morning (from April to September). You can find the famous organic donkey milk soap.

In the Fort Vauban, this magnificent boutique has been open for over 20 years. It specialises in mineral stones and shells. Here you can find stones, @, minerals, shells, fossils, stone jewelry, even memories of Fort Boyard… that you can bring back to memory or offer to loved ones. The owner travels around the world to meals the rarest and most spectacular stones. Each year she creates a theme with her finest pieces and exposes them to her store.

Estelle Bonnaud is France's only weathervane maker, and the only craftswoman in her category to work steel with hand shears. In addition to her weathervanes (models or custom orders), she makes entrance bells, signs, candleholders, incense holders and key rings. Visit her workshop: you'll discover her tools and know-how, which she has inherited since 2004 from a self-taught master. You'll find her creations all over France.

This store is one of the places to go if you're looking for a gift idea. It's true that the place lends itself ideally to a stroll, with its warm atmosphere and team of enthusiasts always ready to advise. There's something for everyone. Parents will find early-learning toys (cuddly toys, bath toys) as well as outdoor games that allow our little ones to enjoy nature to the full! Older children can treat themselves to a moment of well-being with essential oils, teas...

This is one of the stores that you must visit! It is dedicated to the donkey, this animal that is well known by the people of Rétais and that still walks young and old. While strolling around, you will see a stuffed animal that indicates the entrance of the shop. We appreciate the warm welcome and the perfumes that make you want to buy one of the soaps. The quality is not lacking, it must be said that the family business has been making organic donkey milk soaps for 20 years.

There are original objects and full of gift ideas installed in a real charentaise house: house plates, balancier toys, nice dishes and, because we are at sea, a large "marine carterie" radius. Panama also distributes local products (including the large salt from Madame, which is not everywhere) and a line of care for the salt-based body of the island of Ré (the Bio-Salines range).

Your workshop is not provided enough? There is something missing from your toolbox? Here, it goes from hardware hardware to decoration, and everything you're looking for the garden. maintenance equipment (mainly) but also pacc, drip watering systems, solar luminaires… and everything relating to materials for the frame and carpentry, the wood necessary for your floor and wall coverings, accessories for cover as well as for insulation… And in bonus you will find your happiness if your needs relate to fit-up. on your terrace: parasol, wide radius of gas barbecue, garden square to grow your strawberries or cherry tomatoes if you cannot plant them in the ground… From the smallest to the biggest, from the simple brush to the bathtub, it's like the Samaritan woman, you find everything! Paul Cassignol, president of the teacher is satisfied, the DIY works!

Oh, what a pretty store! In this concept store, you'll find beautiful and original local creations. At the head of this little marvel is Marion Nemeth, creator of the Mementomori brand, offering colorful acetate jewelry and more classic, elegant steel pieces. She works in partnership with illustrator Léléwou. You'll love her humorous stationery and regional posters. In addition to their creations, other designers offer porcelain, handmade soaps, brooches, photography... at all prices.

The Chiquito is the forced passage before or after the shopping in the giant shopping gallery. There are those who are looking for what to toast a small, or even a big (cigar), those looking for reading or a magazine to spend time, or brain sports, including new Sudoku… Those who come to Fortune and leave with a valid dream ticket until Saturday evening. In short, everyone passes except the train and yet there are often more world than on the station wharf.

How to stay on the Island without reporting a souvenir? Lighthouses, boats, shells, rollers, photo frames, crockery… in blue and white necessarily. And, for the récalcitrants, there are also chic box pens, class lighters and porte, reduced bike models, beautiful books…

Loix has a particular link with the one that is still called the white gold. If you wish to flavour your dishes with fleur de sel, you can go to this store which works only with salt from the island of Ré. Several stores are located in the villages of Ré, including the one in Ars, which manufactures salt-based food products and cosmetics based on sau-fine (concentrated seawater enriched and harvested in the summer in the salt marshes): scrubs, anti-wrinkle creams... The products are available for sale online.

This boutique is, to say the least, original. Present in Niort and La Rochelle, Linéa has been sharing its passion for unusual objects for 10 years. The La Rochelle-based store continues to attract locals eager to contemplate the latest in design. As soon as you enter, you'll be seduced by this 100 m² space reserved for all those looking for original, playful and colorful products in a wide range of fields: home, decoration, lifestyle, kids... Just a few examples? Let's go to the kitchen, a place for the whole family to share: you'll be surprised to find a spoon in the shape of a squirrel, an origami juicer or crocodile tongs. Bored at work or looking for an original gift for a colleague? Why not try the Owl eyeglass holder or the ladybug stapler? With Linéa, you're sure to find an original gift!

Whether you're at the end of the day or rather «diaper» this tobacco office of the Port is made for You. Located near the Old Port and open until midnight, it is a convenient side for all inhabitants but also for tourists in walking. No need to watch your watch, you know that the establishment is open at any time. That it is good to get up early and come and pick up its regional daily before enjoying a coffee! Located opposite Valin square and just steps from the Big Clock, this store is easily accessible and will greatly facilitate the lives of many of you.

The café offers a pick-up service. Nearby, you'll also find V AND B BEAULIEU, COLOMBUS CAFÉ and HANGAR 8.

This place is a new place to meet André, a husband of Martine who owns the library, which is only a few dozen metres away. In his charming workshop, which is still open as a welcome sign, André has been working for 15 years to manufacture his books like a goldsmith. His specialty: art of the th century, poetry and classical literature and its clients the major museums and cultural centres of France. If you take the small rue des Templar, it will offer you to acquire for the very modest sum of 10 or 20 euros (depending on the format) magnificent reproductions of old posters… and rare: views of La Rochelle and its surroundings, maps and plans, botanical or zoologiques boards with the faithful colours and printed on vergé paper of beautiful quality. But André is also an artist at his time and offers beautiful photos of the region he calls "aqua-real", printed of course in the best way. This is a very original idea of remembrance or gift.