Ile d’Oléron:
an ocean of activities at your fingertips
Family and children’s activities
Less than 20 minutes from our campsite on the Ile d’Oléron, the Ti’Bato miniature port offers rental of small electric boats (for children aged 9 and over) on the Prés Valet pond, as well as a pedal go-kart course for all ages. Refreshment bar, shaded picnic area, playground… all you need to spend a pleasant moment in a green and relaxing setting.
The Parc Aventure de la Gataudière aventure, just a few kilometers from the viaduct on the mainland, is well worth a visit for thrill-seekers, with its accrobranche, bubble soccer, quads, catapult, go-karting and paintball activities… For the young and young at heart, head to Château d’Oléron for Titiparc Parc Aventure (certified “Arbres et loisirs”). The Fun Park in Saint-Trojan also offers a tree course alongside its 18-hole artificial turf mini-golf course and inflatable structures for 2-14 year-olds.
On the Ile d’Oléron, two educational sites located in Dolus-d’Oléron help us discover the local fauna. The Parc Myocastor is entirely dedicated to the coypu (exhibition, feeding…), a mammal omnipresent in the marshes. The Pôle Nature du Marais aux oiseaux, meanwhile, is a rescue center as well as a bird and animal park, with a mini-farm for children and an observatory.
Part of the island (classified as a “natural site in France” under Natura 2000 protection) forms the Moëze-Oléron nature reserve, managed by La Ligue Protectrice des Oiseaux. This is one of France’s most important sites for waterfowl (anatidae & limicolae).
Farniente on the beaches of Ile d’Oléron
Superb beaches to discover:
- La Perroche
- La Rémigeasse
- Wood green
- La Giraudière (Pavillon Bleu)
- Gatseau (Pavillon Bleu)
- La Phibie
- Chaucre
- Boyardville (Blue Flag)
- Les Saumonards
- Plaisance
- La Gauterelle (Pavillon Bleu)
- Les Sables Vigniers (Pavillon Bleu)
- Les Huttes
- …
Nautical activities
In addition to the sea excursions offered in several towns on the Ile d’Oléron on a wide variety of boats, there are many water sports available on the coast.
The Wind Oléron Club sailing school at La Perroche specializes in windsurfing, funboarding, catamaran, dinghy, stand-up paddle and sand yachting sessions for all ages. You can also try your hand at surfing, sea fishing and diving at various sites on the Ile d’Oléron.
Top cultural activities
- Ile d’Oléron Museum
- La Cotinière fish auction
- Fort Boyard craft brewery
- Ile d’Oléron Museum
- Château d’Oléron Citadel
- Chassiron lighthouse, museum and gardens
- Salt marshes (La Brée-les-bains, Sauzelle, Le Port des Salines)
- Moulin de La Brée les Bains
- Le Petit train de Saint Trojan
- Vineyards (vins de pays, pineau des Charentes, Cognac)
- Romanesque churches (La Brée les Bains, Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron, Saint-Georges-d’Oléron, Saint-Denis-d’Oléron…)
- Designer cabins at Château d’Oléron, Baudissière cabins
Everything for relaxation and well-being
On the Ile d’Oléron, you’ll find the Iléo water park in Dolus-d’Oléron, with its facilities to delight young and old alike. Off-season sports and leisure pool with swimming pool, balneo-relaxation pool and play equipment (slide, massaging jet, outdoor river open all year round), fitness area, wellness area (with sauna, hammam, balneo pool and jacuzzi), it transforms in July and August into a huge water park with fun and playful outdoor areas: pentagliss, buoy rivers, wave pool, lagoon, artificial surf wave, inflatable structures, vast grassy beaches planted with trees…
Leisure and outdoor activities
The Golf d’Oléron is a natural part of the landscape, facing the Atlantic islands and Fort Boyard. The course, which faces the ocean for around 2 km, is an approved nine-hole course covering 30 hectares. In addition to the course, there are two putting greens, a 6-hole school course and a 25-place driving range.
Individual and group lessons, supervised by a state-certified teacher, as well as training courses, are offered all year round.
