Fort-Royer oyster and nature site
Dates & opening times
Monday to Friday.
Visits and events are by reservation only: 05 46 47 06 48
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New for 2026
New trail loops and a new treasure hunt!
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A timeless break to discover Oléron, its traditional trades, its ancestral heritage and the authentic flavours of natural oysters!
New for 2025
Discovery tasting Special events every month
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.
Tips for the photographer
Incomparable light, flora and fauna within reach of the lens (a popular resting place for thousands of migratory birds).
Services for cyclists
Open cabin for sheltered picnics, inflation and repair station for bikes, tables and benches for resting... Free stopover!
Label "Vineyards and Discoveries"
Site with "Vignobles et Découvertes" label: oyster and regional product tasting accompanied by Oleron wine or lemonade (only during events).
History, culture and heritage
A traditional, authentic oyster-farming village. A unique, living oyster heritage. An exceptional, protected natural environment.
Services for children
Discovery workshops for 6-12 year olds, reduced rates for all activities, small "reading and drawing" corners for children...
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 yesterday's traditions 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 puts a capital letter on the letters of nobility of maturing in oyster beds, unique in the world!
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 and 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 "
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Tracking
Fort-Royer oyster and nature site Site ostréicole et naturel de Fort-RoyerAllée de Fort-RoyerLa Perrotine17310, Saint-Pierre-d'OléronFrance
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Charges
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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