This seaside town holds a lively market everyday which overflows in the surrounding streets around the main market square on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
The old historic town center is really nice to walk around, with old cobbled streets, old town gates and walls, and the famous port with its towers.
There is the biggest european marina in the Minimes district, a huge aquarium, and yellow bikes to hire around the town should you want to explore a little further or take the cyclepaths along the coast.

The town of Rochefort is famous for its old royal rope factory of a beautiful architecture and the rebuilding of the 250 year-old frigate "Hermione" now accomplished and worth a visit.
The area around Rochefort is of great interest with old fortified villages, beaches, islands, marshes,...