Whitewashed villages, green shutters, salt pans and 110 km of cycle path. A fuller Île de Ré guide is being written.
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Getting there
- Access
- Toll bridge from La Rochelle (3 km); no ferry needed. Buses run from La Rochelle station.
More Atlantic islands
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Île d'Oléron The largest French island after Corsica — oysters, dunes and a lighthouse -
Île d'Aix Car-free, crescent-shaped, and Napoleon's last night in France -
Île d'Yeu A granite wild coast on one side, sandy coves on the other -
Noirmoutier Salt marshes, early potatoes, and a road the sea covers twice a day