Holiday essentials in the Charente-Maritime

La Rochelle Aquarium

One of the largest private aquariums in Europe is located downtown. For 2 hours, head to the depths of the oceans and meet 12,000 marine animals. In 3 million liters of sea water, from delicate jellyfish to fascinating sharks. (tickets available at reception)

Visit the oyster farms

On the coast, south of Boyardville, is the Fort Royer Oyster Site. You’ll enjoy a beautiful and fun guided tour through a green oasis, ran by seven oyster farmers. There, you will learn all that there is to know about the oyster: you will tour the huts and the functioning establishment and watch a film on oyster farming from 1907.

Getting close to Fort Boyard by boat

Fort Boyard is not open to the public, but there are many boat tours that will give you a beautiful view, such as the Croisières Inter-îles. You will navigate between the Ile d’Aix and the Ile Oléron and get up close to the famous “stone ship”. Boat tours leave from Boyardville and Saint-Denis-d’Oléron (Ile d’Oléron)