Site ostréicole et naturel de Fort Royer

Experience the oyster-farming adventure! Discover an exceptional natural environment! Explore Oléron and the surrounding area!
Fort Royer
Fort Royer
Fort Royer
Fort Royer
Fort Royer
Fort Royer

Dates & opening times

Open from 01/02/2025 to 30/11/2025 the monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday

Les visites et animations se font uniquement sur réservation au 05 46 47 06 48
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History, culture and heritage

A traditional, authentic oyster-farming village A unique and protected oyster heritage An exceptional and protected natural heritage

Promotional offers

A timeless break to discover Oléron, its traditional trades, its ancestral heritage and the authentic flavours of our beloved pearly molluscs!

Tips for the photographer

Incomparable light, flora and fauna within reach of the lens (a popular resting place for thousands of migratory birds).

New for 2025

Discovery tasting Special events every month

Services for cyclists

Open cabin for sheltered picnics, inflation and repair station for bikes, tables and benches for resting... Free stopover!

Services for children

Discovery workshops for 6-12 year olds, reduced rates for all activities, small "reading and drawing" corners for children...

Sustainable tourism

The village of Fort-Royer is part of the Moëze-Oléron marshes nature reserve. The association is very attentive to safeguarding, enhancing and protecting the environment.

Label "Vineyards and Discoveries"

Site with "Vignobles et Découvertes" label: oyster and regional product tasting accompanied by Oleron wine or lemonade (only during events).

Description

Some forty colorful oyster huts planted on a coastline of incredible beauty opposite oyster beds and bouchots... A large mudflat carpeted with bold plants, encircled by luminous dune belts... A parade of thousands of birds, emblems of exceptional flora and fauna... A unique estate, built in the midst of oyster beds and channels shaped by generations of sea farmers...

farmers of the sea... Are you there yet? Welcome to Fort-Royer, a small, authentic and traditional oyster-farming village, hidden away in the heart of a splendid nature reserve!



For 34 years, our association has been preserving the site and its nature, rebuilding the oyster-farming heritage to its original state, and promoting and animating these places where everything is a pretext for discovery, so that authentic oyster farming and the last craftsmen of the natural oyster live on.



You can visit the site following a guide who will show you all about oyster farming, from the traditions of yesterday to today's craft, from breeding in the oyster beds, to maturing in the oyster beds, to working in the huts. Fort-Royer is a working oyster farm that defends the natural oyster and capitalizes on the nobility of refining.



Our program :

On site

Oyster farming in the village of Fort-Royer: choose the formula that suits you best: 1-hour discovery tasting, 1-hour guided tour or 2-hour guided tour.

- Play to learn" vacation activity 1h (children 6-12), for children in parallel with the 1h guided tour.

- Fauna and flora at Fort-Royer 2h

- Fort-Royer un domaine d'aventure - Treasure hunt 3h

Off-site:

- Hiking between sea and forest 2h

- Hiking on the rocky coast 2h

- La Cotinière, a fishing port and sailors 2h "

Tracking

Site ostréicole et naturel de Fort Royer Site ostréicole et naturel de Fort RoyerAllée de Fort RoyerLa Perrotine17310, Saint-Pierre-d'OléronFrance

Itinerary

Characteristics

Utilities
Sustainable development
Waste management
Picnic area
Entertainments room
Exhibition space
Covered picnic area
Car park
Free car park
Public WC
Services
Wi-fi
Free WiFi access
Stroller-accessible
Tourist brochures
Tourist information
Booking obligatory
Booking of general amenities
Coach access
Set down on-site for groups
Shop
Ticketing in number
Themed tour
Guided tours
Educational visits
Local activities
Activity
Children's entertainment
Handicrafts workshops
Product tasting
Botanic trail
Languages
English
French
Disability access
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site
Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
Payment method
Bank/credit card
Check
Cash
Credit transfer
Customers and groups
Walkers/hikers
Groups
Welcome for business/incentive groups
Home school groups
Holiday Camps Home
Children from 3 to 5 years
Children from 6 to 12 years
Young people from 13 to 17 years old
Specially for children
Children
Special rate for jobseekers
Students
Special rate for single-parent families
Special rate for large families
Special rate for disabled people
Cycle 1: nursery school
Cycle 2: elementary School
Cycle 3: elementary school (CM1, CM2)
Cycle 3: college (6th)
Cycle 4: middle School
High school
Higher Education
Max. group size
100
Surroundings
Cycling itinerary less than 1 km away
Marked hiking trails less than 500 m away
Cycle track/route within 500 m
10 - 20 min walk to bus stop
Close to a public transportation
Bus stop < 500 m
Near shuttle stop
Close to pleasure port
Village 2 km away
Panoramic view
Additional features
Unusual
Famille Plus
Vineyards and Discovery Accreditation
Qualité Tourisme™
Michelin guide
Minimum age
6 years
Visits
Visit possible
Yes
Services for individual visits
Guided individual tours on request
Unguided individual tours available permanently
Services for group visits
Guided group tours on request
Unguided group tours on request
Themes
Environment and nature
Occupation
Sciences and technology

Charges

From 01/02/2025 to 30/11/2025
Full price
6€
Reduced price
5€
Child
5€
Additional information

Oyster and regional product tastings are available at the end of tours and site events: €6.50 All tours and events must be booked in advance: 05 46 47 06 48

Contact

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