🌳 DISCOVER THE CHARM OF THE SEASIDE RESORTS ON ÎLE DE RÉ 🏖️
👨👩👧👦 Population: 2,280 (according to INSEE (equivalent to ONS) in 2020)
📏 Surface area: 12,18 km2
🧺 WELCOME TO LE BOIS-PLAGE-EN-RÉ! 🚴♂️
A seaside resort located in the centre of the island, Le Bois-Plage boasts 6 km of beaches, awarded the 2015 Blue Flag, which hide behind their dunes a vast wooded area ideal for long walks. A variety of cycle paths will take you through the area, discovering the authenticity of each of the nine other villages. The centre of Le Bois-Plage is bustling with shops and, in season, a daily market – the biggest on the island – where you can stroll and linger.
The diversity of cultural, sporting and nature events is sure to give you the chance to get away from it all and dream for a while…
🏘️ LE BOIS-PLAGE VILLAGE 🧺
Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, on the south coast of the island, is one of its oldest seaside resorts. Open to the ocean, the commune is proud of the quality of its beaches, which have been awarded the 2015 Blue Flag. The long village can be visited through its winding lanes and alleys, pleasantly lined with hollyhocks from May to September. It’s also a land of mills, once numbering around fifteen, today only the Bellère mill remains. The Ile de Ré winegrowers’ cooperative makes and sells typical, characterful products based on ancestral know-how and the history of the region.
In this commune of around 2,300 inhabitants, talking about the village also means talking about its heritage, its church with its stained glass windows decorated with marine motifs, its shops and its daily summer market, the largest on the island.
Let yourself be guided by the charm of the narrow streets in the village centre, lined with flowers and hollyhocks.
🦴 HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURE 🍇
Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré has revealed a number of archaeological remains dating back to prehistoric times, providing evidence of the age of human settlement in the area. In the 15th century, the village was already quite large but had no parish as it was attached to Saint-Martin-de-Ré. A commune with a history of winegrowing, the village still has many examples of winegrowers’ residences, recognisable by their large 2 or 3 storey facades and their carriage doors.
⛪ DISCOVER THE HERITAGE OF LE BOIS-PLAGE-EN-RÉ ⚓
- The estacade (long, flat wooden pontoon) at Plage des Gollandières
- The anchor of the Cristina Rueda
- The former Bois-Plage town hall
- The Clos Marin
- The Cave Coopérative des Vignerons (Winegrowers’ Cooperative Cellar)
- The Bellère Mill
- Notre-Dame de Tous les Saints church
- The Morinand clock
- The Malakoff Tower
- The music school
