La Rochelle - Excursion to see Fort Boyard next to the island of Oléron

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Fort Boyard from Boyardville beach on the island of Oléron in western France

In you tourist trip to La Rochelleat west of france, you may be curious to see one of the famous fortresses that were once built to protect Rochefort, city that would house the French Army General Headquarters.

While most of these fortresses were built by the engineer Vauban, during the seventeenth century, at the time of Louis XIV, perhaps the most famous is Fort boyard. Planned at the same time, instead it was not built until the time of Napoleon, to finally become a prison.

Fort boyard has acquired greater fame than the other fortifications for its characteristic location, on the sea, between the islands of Aix and Oléron, so that with its oval structure it looks like a ship. This location is due to the objective of defending the entrance to Rochefort, placing artillery between the two islands.

Buy tickets for the boat trip to Fort Boyard

The construction of Fort Boyard is what led to the creation of Boyardville in the island of Oléron, small town with a port, where the workers of the fortification resided.

Now Boyardville It is a charming port from which excursions leave to see Fort Boyard. Of course, you can only navigate around the curious fortification because it currently belongs to a television producer, and is being used to produce a popular reallity show.

Boat for the excursion to Fort Boyard on the island of Oléron

There are several companies that in the boyardville harbor they offer you boat trips for navigate around Fort boyard and the nearby island of Aix.

But you can also give this tour another attraction, like doing it in a sailboat, La Marcelle Built in 1936, and 11 meters long, it was once a lifeboat of the first Queen Elizsabeth.

Boat to go to the boat for the excursion to Fort Boyard on the island of Oléron

The boat will wait for you near the shore of Boyardville Beach, and you will reach it by means of a inflatable boat.

The prices for the excursion to Fort Boyard, lasting an hour and a half, they are 25 euros for adults and 15 euros for children. If you prefer to make a joint excursion around Fort Boyard and the island of Aix, it will cost you 40 euros (25 euros children).

Boyardville beach on the island of Oléron

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