Your stay
If you ever think about going outside the Domaine and visit the jewels of the area, your hosts wil help you find destinations that fit your needs (cultural, wildlife, outside, inside, gaming, family style, sports, relaxing, contemplative, …)
A stand is installed at the reception which contains numerous brochures about what to do in the area. Your hosts also are a goldmine of qualified knowledge corresponding on what you are looking for. They can also offer you a roadmap of the county with these indications that you can take with you; and also pedestrians and cyclists maps.
Tonnay Boutonne
What’s about Tonnay Boutonne? sincerely? Not much! Besides its old monumental city door, its several shops and nice walks along the bouton river ou bikeride in the lovely countryside.
On the other hand, what can you visit from that location? almost everything that Charente has to offer is a less than 30 minutes trip.
There is no better place to explore all that this county has to be seen. We can, help you to build your excursions depending on your center of interest, the weather, the time you spend with us.
Historical legacy and natural fields less than 20 minutes from the Domaine
• La corderie royale in Rochefort
• La frégate l’Hermione au grand arsenal in Rochefort
• Le transbordeur bridge over the Charente river
• Madame island (by feet) by te Beef Way from Port des barques, ask for tide schedule
• The suspended bridge in Tonnay Charente
• Aix Island and napoleon museum from la pointe de la fumée in Fouras
• Preserved wildlife observation sites of birds
• Oléron island : Salines harbour, Oléron castle, le marais aux oiseaux, la Cotinière harbour, Chassiron lighthouse
• Marennes and its oysters, la Cayenne
• The citadel of Brouage
• Fort Louvois, walk there at low tide, near the Oleron bridge
• Fort Boyard
Roman art
Roman art is overwhelming in the area, due to the economic and demographic expansion and the existence of pilgrimage towards saint Jacques de compostelle. This required lots of housing for pilgrim and inhabitants in the churches in the 11 and 12 centuries.
Remarkable churches :
• Saint-Pierre-de-la-Tour church(11ème c.), Aulnay-de-Saintonge
• Royal Abbey, Saint-Jean-d’Angély
• the Abbaye-aux-Dames and Saint-Eutrope basilica, Saintes
• Notre Dame church, Surgères
• La Rochelle : the old harbour, the old city, the aquarium, its museums, its churches, its festivals
• Châtelaillon beaches
• Ré island
• The marais Poitevin
Places to see
La Roche Courbon castle and gardens
Crazannes castle and the stone quarry
Dampierre castle
La Gataudière castle
Panloy castle
Neuvicq castle
Sports and leisures, spectacles
• La Palmyre Zoo
• Canoe along the Boutonne
• Cruises between the islands
• Many hiking itineraries by feet or bicycle, from the Domain, with edited maps
• « Scènes de Jardins » Theater, tale, music, song … in Vals de Saintonge
• En Accords, Tonnay Charente Festival
• Surgères Brass Festival
• The Crazy Arts Meetings in Fouras,
• Fondouce festival
• Light and sound show Quart d’Ecu in Puy du lac
• Tonnay Bon festival, contemporary music concerts