A region rich in discoveries !
la Charente-Maritime
Situated on the Atlantic coast behind the Île d'OLÉRON,
27 km from ROYAN, 25km from ROCHEFORT and 60km from LA ROCHELLE. The certified BALNEAIRE resort, COASTAL resort, SAILING resort, 1st oyster-farming port in France, rearing and maturing of 'OLERON MARENNES OYSTERS'.
Places to visit, between 5 km and 30 km of the camp-site
- Marennes : city of oysters
- Bourcefranc : Fort LOUVOIS, Musée de l'huître (oyster museum),,
- Ile d'Oléron : ports, 'marais aux oiseaux' (bird marshes),
- Rochefort : museums and "la corderie royale" (royal rope-making), reconstruction of the Hermione,
- Brouage : town fortified by VAUBAN,,
- Saint Sornin : Tour de Broue (tower) and marshes,
- Phare de la Coubre : (The lighthouse of La COUBRE) : over 300 steps,
- La Palmyre : ZOO of international acclaim with more than 1 500 animals over 17 ha,
- Royan : beaches, les Jardins du Monde, port, ferry for le MEDOC,
Places to visit, between 30 km and 70 km of the camp-site
- Fort Boyard : location of the TV gameshow,
- Ile d'Aix : NAPOLEON and mother of pearl museum,
- La Rochelle : ports, museums, aquarium,
- Meschers : cliffs and converted caves,
- Talmont : Roman church, Merovingian cemetery,
- Barzan : archeological site of FA,
- Crazannes : stone quarries,
- Saint Porchaire : Château de La Roche Courbon,
- SAINTES : Roman arenas and archeology,
- ST CESAIRE : Paléosite and Prehistory
Places to visit, more than 70 km from the campsite
- Ile de RE : "la blanche" : via the salt flat marshes,
- Jonzac : Parc aquatique Les Antilles (aquatic park),courbon,
- Cognac : wine cellar and vineyard,
- Arçais : boat visit to the Poitevin marshes,
- Poitiers : FUTUROSCOPE park.
And in AUNIS and SAINTONGE
- Journey through the trees
- Nature parks which are home to herons, storks, geese, minks, coypus etc.
- Oyster parks, cruises to the islands.
- Castles, Roman churches.
- Fishing and leisure ports.
Near the campsite, Ile d'Oleron & Charente-Maritime
Nautical sports
Fishing ports, nautical bases, sailing station for windsurfing, catamarans, sand yachts.
Nature
There are also the estuaries of Gironde, Seudre and Charente. Of course there is also the Palmyre Zoo, the La Rochelle Aquarium and the Musée de l'Huître (Oyster Museum)...
Historical monuments
Le Poitou Charente and particularly La Charente Maritime are rich. There are numerous hospices and chapels on the Camino de Santiago, the archeological site of Fâ in Barzan with the town of NOVIOREGUM, the Cordouan lighthouse, the Coubre lighthouse, the famous Fort Boyard, fort Louvois, the towns of Royan, Saintes, Brouage, Talmont and Cognac.
For food
- Huîtres de Marennes Oléron (oysters);
- les Grillons Charentais
- les Mojettes
- seafood platters
- pineaux & cognac
- l'éclade de moules
- ...
In town | La Tremblade, Ronce-les-Bains
- 10 municipal tennis courts (2 covered) : 150m
- Horse riding in the forest : 500m
- Circuit and hire of mini-quads : 100m
- Markets every morning : 700m et 5km
- Free trail on the 'Coquille filante' train
- All shops : 800m et 5km
- Cinema : 800m
- Activities, games, balls : 900m
- Permanent fairground during the season : 800m et 8km
- Sailing and yachting schools : 900m et 14km
- Oyster-farming museum : 5km
- Various exhibitions : 800m et 5km
- Supermarkets from : 6km
- Hippodrome : 12km
- Cruises to Fort Boyard, l'île d'Aix and l'île de Ré
- Tasting of : oysters, melons au pineau, mouclades and snails.
