Les Arcades Rougé shopping of Cholet !!

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In our travels ,we enjoy shopping of course. However, when visiting a city we look for the quant shop stores and usually a shopping center or mall catch our eyes. This is the case in Cholet, Therefore, let me tell you about the Les Arcades Rougé shopping of Cholet !! Hope you enjoy the post as I. For reference, Cholet is in the Maine et Loire dept 49 of the region of Pays de la Loire, in my belle France. We have visited and will expand here and already thinking of visiting the City again, eventually. Les Arcades Rougé is a 1.8 hectare, entirely pedestrianized shopping center located in the city center, bringing together 33 brands in the food, beauty / well-being, culture / leisure, ready-to-wear and services. It is located  at 30 rue Bretonnaise near the Parc du Mail. The first thing we did after parking the car is walk the town as we love to do. We saw a very modern and nice shopping center right in city center!  the  « Les Arcades Rougé »; something different to have one around the old town.  Anchor by a Super U supermarket and with plenty of stores of all kinds and Irish pubs as well ! We did shopping and drinks here Other architectural works are visible in the commercial area such as the red lines inaugurated in 2014 on a building of the Arcades Rougé, or the square metal bars painted in bright colors and fixed to the ground vertically at no 1 rue de la Sardinerie in the Arcades Rougé shopping center, allowing  to decorate the space while being an anti-squat device preventing marginalized or homeless people from settling in the area. In order to provide more parking , the creation of additional spaces was  done; 38 spaces were added rue Kléber, parking du mail, place du 8 Mai and 92 spaces were rehabilitated in the Prisset car park. The Travot, Salbérie, Prisset, Bourg-Baudry, Mail, Mondement car parks located near the commercial area make it very accessible. The Place Travot which is a crossing point linking the Arcades Rougé to the heart of the city has in addition many bars;restaurants, and a relaxation area. All in city center very nice indeed. cholet-arcades-rouge-shopping-steps-dec17 Les Arcades Rougé is the perfect balance between shops, housing and entertainment. You will be able to find renowned brands in the heart of the city center. Practical aspect: Super U supermarket is also there! Film buffs, Cinémovida and its 9 rooms will delight you all year round. And to park, nothing could be simpler thanks to the 500 covered parking spaces. It is also a lively district, punctuated throughout the year with commercial events, sales, contests, street shows etc! cholet-arcades-rouge-main-level-open-air-carrousel-dec17 A bit of history tell us that this shopping center was thought of by the end of the 20C, the very dynamic district surrounding Place Rougé had lost some of its attractiveness. The commercial area was razed to the ground and parking spaces replaced it in the late 1990s. In collaboration with an architect from the Bâtiments de France in order to integrate the shopping center into the architectural style of the city ,the facade of an old building for example has been preserved and integrated into the project at the request of Bâtiments de France. It was completed in 2009. The Cholet tourist office on the Les Arcades Rougé : https://www.ot-cholet.fr/grand-public/shopping-les-arcades-rouge-cholet.html There you go folks, a wonderful day out into glorious country of Cholet on the road warrior trails of my belle France, The town is nice and full of history and wonderful architecture. We look forward to be back, eventually. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Les Arcades Rougé shopping of Cholet as I. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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