We had guests at the chalet over the half term holiday a couple of weeks ago, so we decided to exchange the mountains for the sea and have a weekend away on the Île de Ré. We'd planned on taking a taxi from La Rochelle airport but soon discovered that car hire for the weekend was less than half the price of the taxi transfer, which also gave us added flexibility as the forecast was a little iffy for Sunday. Friday morning we mooched around La Flotte, and found both the the be