Harbour

St Trojan les bains

Name: St Trojan les bains
Address: Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, FR
Telephone: +336 76 97 70 22

Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, FranceCharente-Maritime

Type: Harbour

Tidal harbour on the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, in the Coureau d'Oléron channel facing Marennes, Charente-Maritime.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access through the Coureau d'Oléron between Oléron and the mainland. The channel is buoyed but shallow and subject to strong tidal streams, best taken on a rising tide near high water. Final approach follows a marked channel across the mudflats to the harbour entrance.

Practical

Visitor berths on pontoons, harbour office seasonal. Water and electricity on the pontoons. Fuel available in the harbour. Village centre with bakery, supermarket, pharmacy and restaurants within 400 m of the port.

Ashore

Ocean beach of Gatseau 1.5 km across the dune forest on the Atlantic side, reached on foot or by the seasonal little tourist train that runs from the harbour area into the forest of Saint-Trojan. Cycle path around the southern tip of Oléron along the forest edge. Oyster huts serving Marennes-Oléron oysters on the quays and along the coast road.

History

Saint-Trojan-les-Bains developed as a sea-bathing resort from the late nineteenth century, combining an older oyster-farming and fishing village with a new pine forest planted to fix the coastal dunes. The narrow-gauge tourist railway has run through the forest to the ocean beach since 1963.