Great location on the beach. Decent food. The Thai salad dressing was too sweet. The service was a…read morelittle brusque.

Had a a great moment here! Really close to the beach this Aquatic center is a perfect place to…read morespend your afternoon, tan and swim! Lots of thugs to do and enjoy: inside and outside pools for all ages, several slides, some outside, Spa... You can also book spa for a group of friends for an hour (€8 per person approx). In case you're hungry you can get some waffles inside! The staff is nice and welcoming! :) **don't forget to take 20cts w you for the locker.

You can visit this place for a 6 hour stint, which unless you are trekking to a remote corner of…read morethe island is plenty more than enough. The small main town has some charming cafes and you can take a horse and carriage round one end of the island. (However in the summer the horses don't seem very happy, and the tour guides seem to work them pretty hard so I wouldn't recommend it.) Napoleon was exiled here and there are a couple of museums in this honour... there is also occasional live music (I saw a marching band last time I went!) and one off events. This island is tiny with hardly an inhabitant. If you want a totally deserted beach, you'll probably find one here!

From the owner: La cote d'argent est un hotel de ronce les bains qui accueille en chambres d'hotes et gites…read more Réservation en tables d'hotes : huitres de marennes, coquillages, poissons, homard grillé. Réservation privée pour soirées groupes possibles.

One of my favourite beaches is at Boyardville (Ile d'Oleron)…read more The island town has a packed marina and an unpacked 5 mile beach. There were only a few dozen there and most of these were individuals and families picking among the muddy sand for various shell fish, rapidly filling their buckets and baskets. It is not the only activity as it is a great area for water sports and stunning sea views. The view, on a day like today, is absolutely fantastic, almost 360 degrees of blue sky. Then there are the stretches of pine trees onshore and out to sea where you can see la Rochelle, Ile d'Aix, Ile de Re and, of course, Fort Boyard, a curious stone structure rising off shore, a fort built under Napoleon the 3rd but outdated militarily before its completion in 1859 and now a destination for boat trips. If you park near the marina you will have quite a walk to get to the sand. There is a more basic car park a good deal closer, worth seeking out if the weather is hot!

A busy beach full on sunbathers and watersports practitioners alike! Boats and windsurfers are…read morelaunching all the time, and the sand is soft and great for lying on and making sandcastles with if that's your thing! It's less rough than on the Altlantic side of the island, it's more sheltered.