CAMPSITE NEAR FORT BOYARD

The fort measures 80 metres long and 40 metres wide. Work began in 1803, but was not completed until 1857! Meanwhile, advances in artillery, including the range of guns, have rendered its defensive military nature obsolete. Deserted, the one who began to be nicknamed the “fort of the useless” became the prey of looters. He became a state prison in 1870 before the Army abandoned him definitively in 1913. In 1950, the fort was listed as a Historic Monument. Forty years later, he finds a new breath thanks to the TV show become cult and continues, still today, to make dream the new generations!

During your camping stay on the Ile de Ré, visit the port of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. The stars of the Inter-island Cruises await you there. This is the starting point of a wonderful guided sea trip around Fort Boyard and the Pertuis islands. The perfect opportunity to get as close as possible to the mythical stone ship. With any luck, you might see Father Fouras in his watchtower!
It is also possible to opt for a cruise to Fort Boyard with stopover on the island of Aix.

• Duration: 2h30-3h00
• departures: from April to September (weekends in October, school holidays in February and weekends in March: depending on weather conditions)

If Fort Boyard is the most famous fort in the region, it is also the only one that you will not be able to visit during your camping stay in Charente-Maritime… However, Infiniment Charentes organizes, every year in June, a competition to win a visit to Fort Boyard from the inside !