Ile de Re (Poitou-Charentes) Pop: 16,000 (winter), 160,000 (summer)

A popular island resort off the west coast of France, Ile de Re is accessible by motorcars by a 3 kilometer(2 mile) long bridge.

Ile de Re Attractions

Beachcombing

Resort nightlife

Marketplace browsing

Fort Boyard

Phares des Baleines lighthouse

WWII German bunker on Plage des Quatre Sergents beach