Port

Château D Oleron

4.2Le Château-d'Oléron, FranceCharente-Maritime

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Maximum length: 12 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 1.5 m

Tidal harbour of 200 berths on the eastern coast of Oleron island, facing the Brouage marshes in Charente-Maritime.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access around high water through a marked channel across mudflats. VHF channel 9. Maximum draught 1.5 m and the harbour dries at low water of spring tides. Watch for oyster parks along the channel marked by withies. Saint-Trojan-les-Bains lies 2.4 NM south and Brouage 5 NM east.

Practical

Around 200 berths including visitor places. Fuel station on site. Water and electricity at the pontoons. Bakery, supermarket and cafes in the town, a few minutes' walk from the quay.

Ashore

Citadel of Le Chateau-d'Oleron built under Louis XIII and reinforced by Vauban, with ramparts open to walkers. Port des Salines, a reconstituted salt-marsh site with coloured fishermen's huts turned into craft workshops, 1 km south. Oyster tasting cabins along the quays.

History

The citadel was commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu in the 1630s to protect the Charente coast and the Brouage arsenal across the mudflats. It was later adapted by Vauban.