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Itinerary 7 - The peninsula Port-des-Barques 4.3 mi - 2h

in Port-des-Barques
6.8 km
2h
Easy

  • Enjoy this beautiful peninsula during your walk.

  • On this tour, discover the peninsula of Port-des-Barques and its oyster farming.
  • Difference in height
    37.17 m
  • Documentation
    GPX / KML files allow you to export the trail of your hike to your GPS (or other navigation tool)
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Points of interest
1 Panorama on the Île Madame
2 Anses beach
Supervised beach in season.
3 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel
Built in place of the small barracks where, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Sisters of Charity took in the orphans of the Rochefort Navy. This chapel was built with the stones of the Rochefort Arsenal, destroyed in 1944. It was handed over to worship in 1948. Sources : le Patrimoine des communes de la Charente Maritime ed.Flohic
4 the oyster farming site of Montportail
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5 Ecomuseum of the Peninsula
6 Rochefort Océan Tourist Office - Port des Barques tourist information office
7 Villa of the Tourelles
According to tradition, the villa with its crenellated turrets was originally intended to be a casino.
37 meters of difference in height
  • Start altitude : 2 m
  • End altitude : 2 m
  • Maximum altitude : 13 m
  • Minimum altitude : 1 m
  • Total positive elevation : 37 m
  • Total negative elevation : -37 m
  • Max positive elevation : 10 m
  • Min positive elevation : -10 m