- Type
- Museum
- Town / region
- La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Visitors per year
- 800,000 · estimate — verify before use
- Nearest gateways
- Bordeaux–Mérignac (BOD), Biarritz–Pays Basque (BIQ)
- Access
- Bordeaux is two hours from Paris by TGV, which puts the region within weekend reach — unusual for the south-west. Biarritz takes direct European flights in summer.
- Also on file in the region
- Dune du Pilat (2,000,000), Futuroscope (1,900,000), Zoo de La Palmyre (600,000), La Cité du Vin (400,000)
- Region volume
- 57.4 m overnight stays in 2025 across Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 12 departments
- Season
- June–September, peak Jul–Aug
- Events in the region
- Festival International de la BD (Jan), Francofolies (Jul), Fête du Piment (Oct), Bordeaux Fête le Vin (Jun)
- The regional market
- France's leading camping region with 30.3m camping stays. Hotel volume grows on international demand alone, and the market is moving upmarket.
- From Paris by rail
- Bordeaux — 2 h 04 by TGV, La Rochelle — 2 h 30 by TGV
Estimate from secondary sources; treat as an order of magnitude. verified 26 August 2026.