VILLA RENTALS FRANCE | Self catering Pays de la Loire holiday rental villas, houses and cottages Renting self catering French holiday rental homes in Pays de la Loire is very popular with holiday-makers who holiday to France. Search the Rent-in-france holiday property directory for self catering Pays de la Loire holiday accommodation to rent in the most popular destinations of the region, and find the ideal holiday for you! Pays de la Loire is bordered by Brittany to the north and west, and Lower Normandy to the north. In the east is Centre and Poitou-Charentes is to the south. On the west is the Bay of Biscay. The region is composed of five departments, two of them coastal – the Loire Atlantique and the Vendee – and three of them inland, the Sarthe, the Mayenne and the Maine et Loire. The Loire Valley is central to the region's economy and its cultural and educational activities. Due to its wealthy heritage, the region has been declared a 'World Heritage for Humanity Site' by UNESCO, which described it as a "cultural landscape of exceptional beauty." Visit the famous seaside resorts of La Baule and Les Sables d'Olonne, where the round-the-world yacht race starts.