🗺️ Take advantage of our exclusive offers accessible from the Pays des Achards
The Pays des Achards is ideally located between Les Sables d'Olonne et La Roche-sur-Yon, in the heart of Vendée. From our territory, easily access several major Vendée leisure sites…with negotiated rates just for you !
Do your children love watching animals? Do you enjoy strolling through an unusual garden, going on an adventure in a castle filled with puzzles, or exploring playful worlds?
🎉 Good news : several partner tourist sites offer you reduced price admissions, by simply purchasing your tickets at the Pays des Achards Tourist Office. This is the ideal opportunity to prepare your next family outing thanks to our ticket service.
👉 And it’s even one of the 10 good reasons to come see us at the Tourist Office!
Go directly to the tourist sites that inspire you below:
- The Extraordinary Vegetable Garden in La Roche-sur-Yon
- The Zoo des Sables in Les Sables d'Olonne
- The Adventurers' Castle in Avrillé
- Wild Planet in Port-Saint-Père
Our discounted partners
???? The Extraordinary Vegetable Garden – La Roche-sur-Yon
A garden like no other, with botanical curiosities, unusual discoveries and activities for the whole family.
Just 30 minutes from Pays des Achards, The Extraordinary Vegetable Garden opens the doors to a fascinating and fun plant world, where plants take on unexpected forms and tell surprising stories. Here, we cultivate wonder as much as vegetables!
🧭 What to expect :
- The Bizarretum : a garden filled with giant, carnivorous, or strangely colored plants. Nature reveals its most eccentric side.
- The Experimental Vegetable Garden : discover original growing techniques (on straw bales, vertically, in water, etc.). Perfect for leaving with ideas to try at home!
- Tomato and squash tunnels : dive into the history of the tomato and explore its many varieties, colors and shapes.
- The vegetable library : an immersive journey to better understand the richness of vegetables from yesterday and today.
- The exotic vegetable garden : embark on a tour of the plant world, from Asia to the Americas.
- The Erotic Life of the Vegetable Garden : an unusual and educational approach to plant reproduction (humor and science on the program!)
- want more ? : children’s games, mini farm, food corner, nature shop…
🎉 Events 2025 :
- Chromatic Vigils (concerts) – Tuesdays July 15 & 29, August 12 & 26
- Incredible Vegetables – giant fruit and vegetable competition Sunday, September 28
- Not so scary – Halloween events from October 27 to 31
🎟️ Preferential rates available at the Tourist Office
🦁 The Zoo des Sables – Les Sables d'Olonne
A green oasis by the sea, populated by fascinating animals.
Just 20 minutes from Pays des Achards, the Zoo des Sables offers you a parenthesis nature close to the Vendée beaches. In a green and shaded setting, discover more than 500 exotic animals : lions, giraffes, red pandas, Amur panthers, monkeys and even giant anteaters.
This human-sized zoological park is renowned for its commitment to biodiversity and its soothing atmosphere, ideal for a family visit.
???? Entertainment all year round :
- Meet the carers during the holidays and in summer
- Educational highlights for young and old
🎟️ Preferential rates available at the Tourist Office
| THE SANDS ZOO | PRICES "PUBLIC ON SITE" | PRICES WITH DISCOUNT |
| Adults and children aged 11 and over | 20 | 19 € |
| Child (from 3 to 10 years) | 16 € | 15,50€ |
(I.e. The Adventurers’ Castle – Avrillé
A park of puzzles and adventures for the whole family.
35 minutes from Pays des Achards, the Adventurers' Castle immerses you in a universe mixing history, treasure hunts and exploration, in the heart of an 86-hectare wooded park around a Renaissance castle listed as a Historic Monument.
🇧🇷 4 large interactive tours waiting for you :
- The Pirate's Treasure : a giant treasure hunt to find the lost loot of the pirate La Buse
- On the trail of the Dinos : a fun adventure with Collerette, the triceratops
- The Haunted House : an immersive and frightening escape game (recommended for ages 10 and up)
- Investigation at the Castle : a life-size Cluedo with augmented reality in the castle itself
👧 want more ? :
- "Once upon a time" : a storytelling and games area for 2-6 year olds
- Western City : inflatable structures and games of skill in a Wild West atmosphere (July/August only)
🎟️ Reduced rates available at the Tourist Office
???? Wild Planet – Port-Saint-Père
A unique safari in France to experience less than an hour from Pays des Achards.
Planète Sauvage invites you to a an exotic journey to the heart of the animal world, between a car safari and immersive walking tours. Explore more than 1 animals on 10 km of track from your vehicle or aboard a 4x4 truck, accompanied by a guide for an even more intense adventure. Then continue the tour on foot through five fascinating themed sites.
???? To discover on site :
- The Marine City : educational presentation of dolphins
- The Bush Trail & the Inca Trail
- The Jungle Temple : course suspended above the monkeys
- The Territory of the Wild Beasts : lions, tigers and cheetahs
- And for the more curious: a special meeting with the keepers and the dolphins
🎟️ Preferential rates available at the Tourist Office
🛒 Where to buy your tickets?
3 simple and practical solutions:
- 🏠 On site, at the Tourist Office, during our opening hours.
- 📞 By phone at 02 51 05 90 49 : remote credit card payment and sending of tickets by email.
- 📝 Via the form at the bottom of the “Tickets” page: indicate the desired sites, we’ll take care of the rest!
Our other discounted offers in Vendée
The Pays des Achards Tourist Office also offers you reduced-price tickets for three major sites in Vendée. Whether you are a fan of shows, sea trips or outdoor sports activities, take advantage of our great deals to organize your outings with ease.
(I.e. Puy du Fou in Vendée
Experience the intensity of the famous Vendée theme park with our discounted ticketsA journey through the centuries that will delight young and old alike.
⛴️ Crossings to the Isle of Yeu
Embark on a day of change of scenery on the Île d'Yeu, departing from Fromentine or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, with cheaper crossings by booking at the Tourist Office.
???? The Grand Défi – Nature leisure park and the largest treetop adventure course in the world!
Multi-activity park in Saint-Julien-des-Landes: treetop adventure course, aquapark, laser tag, quick jump, paintball… Enjoy it at advantageous rate via the Tourist Office.
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