Culture and Heritage

With the Gironde as a common thread, let's set off to discover its estuary, more than 70 km long, which lives to the rhythm of the tides. Dotted with wild coves , small beaches , forests , marshes ...

In museums of the Charente Maritime, you will discover the Gallo-Roman ruins, a rich architectural heritage of the Middle Ages and the 19th century, and traces of religious persecution. But also o ...

Charente-Maritime is a territory steeped in history. Around Saintes, on the Gallo-Roman remains of this capital, many castles develop on the banks of the Charente . The provinces of Aunis , the Sa ...

Grandiose panoramas , walks off the beaten track, heritage and old stones . Between countless nuggets, Charente-Maritime concentrates 5 villages labeled Plus Beaux Villages de France . This presti ...

Links between the sky and the ocean, lighthouses fascinate, ignite the imagination, attract the eye and inevitably, the photographic lens. Charente-Maritime is distinguished by its perilous waves ...

Ah the cabins! This simple word is enough to get away from it all. The mere mention of these small multicolored wooden huts characteristic of the Charente coast makes our imagination travel and ta ...

Ah Aix Island , what a little paradise! At the mere mention of its name only picturesque images : the ocean, Fort Boyard, the sandy beaches, the sun, nature. The only island of Charente Maritime a ...

Bordering the departments of Charente and Gironde, Haute-Saintonge is one of the best preserved and most authentic places in Charente-Maritime . Halfway between Saintes and Jonzac , the small medi ...

Want a ride? Discover the picturesque village of Talmont-sur-Gironde perched on a promontory on the Charentais coastline forming a peninsula at the edge of the Gironde estuary . 15km south of Roya ...

Inseparable from the landscapes of Charente-Maritime and the Gironde estuary , wooden huts perched above the ocean stand on the coast, open to the vastness of the Atlantic . True charentais herita ...

Originally the first forms of life to appear on Earth, algae are the first living beings to have created oxygen 3.8 billion years ago. Traditionally consumed in Asia and particularly in Japan, the ...

Want to learn more about the history and heritage of La Rochelle ? Direction the Maritime Museum on the quays of the Old Port! On this occasion, also dive into the heart of the temporary exhibitio ...

Two steps away from Marennes and its oysters , is the attractive fortified city of Brouage . Through time, Brouage has been alternatively a commercial, a war and an oyster harbour ; this town (lab ...

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