There are numerous activities to indulge in the surrounding area including:
Boating, Cycling, Fishing, Gourmet dining, Shopping, Sightseeing, Swimming, Theme parks, Walking, Wine tasting, Golf.

Places well worth visiting:

• Cognac - Visit the world renowned distilleries, 90 minutes.
• Bordeaux - Vineyards and viticulture. Airport, 90 minutes.
• Niort - An historic and lively castle town offering excellent shopping, markets, restaurants, and sight-seeing (river, churches, dungeons etc.), 15 minutes.
• Poitiers - Historic town and gardens offering shopping, markets, restaurants, entertainment and sight-seeing, 40 minutes.
• Parthenay - A traditional town surrounded by ancient ramparts offering authentic shopping, markets, fairs, restaurants and entertainments, 40 minutes.
• Tumulus de Bougon - Prehistoric (2000BC) burial site and museum, 30 minutes.
• Sanxay - Roman archaeological site with temples, baths and amphitheatre, 30 minutes.
• Farmers Markets - St. Maixent, Niort and many more.
• Military Museum - St. Maixent L'Ecole.
• Route de Chabichou - Tour of the areas famous for its goats cheese farms.
Activities
• La Rochelle - Famous sailing port, sea food restaurants, shopping and Aquarium, 60 minutes.
• Marais Poitevin - Ancient wetland waterways, National Park, 35 minutes.
• Ile de Re - Near La Rochelle, beaches.
• Ile d'Oleron - Cycling and fishing villages, 60 minutes.
• Futuroscope - Experience the theme park at Poitiers devoted to 3-D moving images and film computer graphics, 40 minutes.
• Swimming - Only 10 minutes away is the Lac du Lambon /Leisure which is a beautiful lake divided into beach, swimming, boating, giant carp fishing, playground/games areas offering toilets/showers, picnic sites and restaurant facilities.
• Walking/Cycling - The "Chemins des Rois" is the name given to the many miles of ancient footpaths and quiet, picturesque lanes which interlace the area.
• Golf - There are numerous golf courses located nearby.
• Fishing - There are extensive local rivers in the public domain, plus numerous lakes and fisheries.
• Puy de Fou - Action-packed spectacular summer extravaganza theme park depicting the history of France, 60 minutes.
• Vallée des Singes (Valley of the Monkeys) - A walk-through monkey- safari park and zoo with restaurant and picnic facilities, 50 minutes.