With its 62 miles of fine sand beaches and the variety of its landscapes, Oléron Island offers you its charms. Discover its dunes, forests, marshes, rocky coasts and wines which will seduce you as you stroll or bicycle around.
At Oléron experience life at the contact of a preserved wilderness. In addition to a very rich fauna and flora you will appreciate the mild climate in spring and autumn.
Finally, Oléron's cuisine, with its landmark oysters and musles as well as its "pineau" (regional liquor) will rightly end your visits of historic sites, water activities, fishing tours or mere dip in the ocean.
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Tour / Outdoor Activities |
Discovery Tours (visits / bicycle) with the St Pierre's "Office du Tourisme" (Tel: 05 46 47 11 39)
Summer - Le Château's Citadel guided tour (Tel: 05 46 47 66 07)
July / August - Bird watching park guided tour ("Le Marais aux oiseaux"). Les Grissotières, B.P. 24, 17550 Dolus (Tel: 05 46 75 37 54)
Forest hiking with the Office National des Forêts (ONF) (Information: 05 46 76 00 18)
The "Bris" marshes; bicycle or on foot tour - Office du Tourisme de St Trojan (Tel: 05 46 76 00 86)
Inter-Islands Cruises - Boyardville (Tel : 05 46 47 01 45) >> Website
St Trojan's Tour Train (Tel: 05 46 76 01 26) >> Website
Horsebackriding - Le Paddock (Tel: 05 46 47 17 69)
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Local Events |
Some events…
February - Mimosa's Festival
July - Old Ships Gathering Festival Boyardville
August 15 - Ocean's Fair (La Cotinière)
July / August - Oyster and Pineau Feast

For more information call St Pierre's "Office de Tourisme": Place Gambetta (Tel: 05 46 47 11 39)
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Food and Entertainment |
Restaurants
Auberge de la campagne, St Pierre (Tel: 05 46 47 25 42)
L'écailler, la Cotinière (Tel: 05 46 47 10 31)
L'Hermitage, Les Sables Vigniers (Tel: 05 46 76 52 56)
La Crêperie, St Denis (Tel: 05 46 47 90 63)
Face aux flots, la Cotinière (Tel: 05 46 47 10 05)
Les Jardins de l'Océan, St Pierre (Tel: 05 46 47 19 92)
Le Petit Coivre, St Pierre (Tel: 05 46 47 44 23)
Movie
L'Eldorado, 5, rue de la République, St Pierre (Tel: 05 46 47 22 04)
Night Life
Le piano bleu, la Cotinière
L'octave, St Pierre
Morgan's, St Pierre
Nightclub "Le Malybu", St Pierre
Nightclub "Le Sloopy's", St Trojan
Nightclub "Les Ecluses", le Douhet port
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Local Guide |
Arts & Culture
Aliénor d'Aquitaine Museum / 31, rue Pierre Loti, St Pierre - Tel: 05 46 47 39 98
Oléron's Oyster House: oyster farming museum visit and oysters grounds visits / St Trojan Tel: 05 46 76 08 16
July / August: Farmer's House of traditional headdress and costume - Le Grand Village Plage Tel: 05 46 47 58 00 (From 10:00 AM to noon and 15:00 to 18:00)
Fishing Dams Museum - lifeboat station, Port de Saint Denis, 17650 Saint Denis D'Oléron, Tel: 05 46 75 00 37
Monuments & Attractions
Lanterne des morts de St Pierre
St Pierre's Bonnemie castle
Le Château's citadel
Chassiron lighthouse, St Denis
Boyard Fort - Cruises with explanations
Romanesque churches: Le Château, Dolus, St Pierre, St Georges, St Denis
Plane Tour - Bois Fleury Airport, St Pierre, Informations: 05 46 47 02 31
La Cotinière's aquarium
The Oyster Route between Le Château and Boyardville
La Cotinière port: ocean tour, fish market at 6:00AM and 16:00
Les Salines port, Petit-Village
Louvois Fort at the bridge entrance
Brouage's citadel
Sports
Bicycle rental: Vélo 17 Loisirs, "gendarmerie" (police precinct) crossing at St Pierre (Tel: 05 46 47 14 05)
St Pierre's golf (Tel: 05 46 47 11 59)
Horsebackriding - Le Paddock, St Georges' road (Tel: 05 46 47 17 69)
Yacht Club - Wind Oléron Club, Av. Grande Baie, La Perroche
Fishing - Kemeny Pêche, chasse, coutellerie, 78 rue de la République
Tennis - La Raquette Cayenne, l'Oumière (Tel: 05 46 47 14 94)
Surf, windsurf - Oléron Loisirs à Dolus, Bois de Bussac (Tel: 05 46 47 14 05)
Surf, windsurf - "La Manille", Av. des pins à St Denis (Tel: 05 46 47 92 60)
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