What to do ?

Tourist office, Cozes : 8 rue de l’Hôtel de Ville – 17120 Cozes
Tel : 05 46 90 80 82 – Website : www.office-tourisme-cozes.fr

What to see at Cozes :

• Saint Pierre church, XIIIth century
• The old, covered-market, XIVth century ‒ market every Wednesday morning with local producers
• The Saint Pierre district with its narrow alleyways
• The ‘vélo-rail’ (railway adapted for cycling). Departure at Cozes station – Tel : 06 33 81 50 87 – www.veloraildefrance.com/velorail17

Tourist office, Talmont – Rue de l’église – 17120 Talmont-sur-Gironde
Tel : 05 46 96 17 85 / 06 80 05 72 09 – Website : www.talmont-sur-gironde.fr

 What to see at Talmont :

• The village with its typical, small Charentaise houses fronted with hollyhocks, and its charming harbour
• Sainte-Radegonde church, built at the beginning of the XIth century, a stopping place in the Middle Ages for pilgrims on the route for Saint Jacques de Compostella
• Markers in Saintonge stone, guiding you for 125 km in the discovery of the most beautiful Romanesque churches, of which four are pilgrim stopping places and are registered as UNESCO World Heritage sites. A detailed IGN map is available free from the Conseil Général de Charente-Maritime – Tel : 05 46 31 72 77
  Consult the internet page with its interactive map on the pilgrim routes to Saint-Jacques de Compostella : Click here

Town hall of Barzan : 5 Route de la Treille – 17120 Barzan
Tel : 05 46 90 42 80 – website : www.barzan.fr

 What to see at Barzan :

• The chalk cliffs overhanging the Gironde estuary with their panoramic view across the Médoc region.
• The huge, square fishing nets (typical of the region) for leisure fishing
• The site of Fâ : one of the most important archaeological sites in France (a Roman port the extent of which is still being uncovered) – Website : www.fa-barzan.com

Town hall of Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d’Uzet – 9 route du Pineau – 17120 Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d’Uzet
Tel : 05 46 90 44 03 – website : www.chenacsaintseurinduzet.fr

 What to see at Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d’Uzet :

• The harbours of Les Monards and Saint-Seurin
• The inn-museum of caviar sturgeon at Saint-Seurin d’Uzet : Meltin’Potes

Tourist office, Mortagne-sur-Gironde – 1, Place des Halles – 17120 Mortagne-sur-Gironde
Tel : 05 46 90 52 90 – Website : www.ot-mortagne.com

 What to see at Mortagne-sur-Gironde :

• The marina and fishing harbour
• The marshes which stretch from the old cliffs right to the Gironde itself.
• The town above with its viewpoint

Tourist office, Meschers – 31 Rue Paul Massy – 17132 Meschers-sur-Gironde
Tel : 05 46 02 70 39 – Website : www.ot-meschers.com

 What to see at Meschers :

• Its little marina
• The caves of Matata and  Régulus (troglodyte dwellings)
• 5 beaches of fine sand edged with cliffs, pine and holm oak trees

Tourist office, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne – 12 Rue Autrusseau – 17110 Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
Tel : 05 46 05 09 73 – Tourism office Blog

 What to see at Saint-Georges-de-Didonne :

• A magnificent, 3km long beach of fine sand
• The Forest de Suzac, which stretches for 380 hectares
• Diverse nautical activities (it’s a commune known as “France Station Nautique”)

Tourist office, Royan – 1 Boulevard de la Grandière – 17200 Royan
Tel : 05 46 23 00 00 – Website : www.royan-tourisme.com

 What to see at Royan :

• The Grande Conche beach, the Foncillon and Pontaillac beaches, and the Chay and Pigeonnier creeks.
• The town centre, rebuilt in the 1950s, with its contemporary, authentic architecture.
• Notre Dame cathedral with its imposing dimensions, built by the architects Guillaume Gillet and Marc Hébrard
• The covered-market, which is open every Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
• The casino – Website of casino
• Planet Exotica, a theme park – Tel. : 05 46 38 00 99 – www.planet-exotica.com
• Nautical activities on the long beach of fine sand as well as the smaller ones of Pontaillac