Saumonards Beach in Saint-Georges-d'Oléron - France

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Description and location of the Saumonards Beach in Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (17190)

Map of Saumonards Beach in Oléron

Our opinion on the Saumonards Beach

Adresse of the Saumonards Beach : Rte des Saumonards 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Saumonards Beach in Oléron is one of the wildest beaches on the island, on the Sea of Pertuis. Located north of Boyardville, it belongs to the municipality of St Georges of Oléron. It is popular for its calm and the beautiful pine forest bordering it. It can only be accessed through trails (only by bicycle or on foot). At the edge, there are beautiful dunes and swimming is gently sloping. Nice view of Fort Boyard and the island of Aix. On this vast sandy beach several kilometres long, there is a 500-meter area where naturism is tolerated.

There are two small little car parks in the forest of Saumonards (the first one at the fort and the second north of the tip); they are quickly full in summer. There are two accesses, the first one from Boyardville; one must take the road of Saumonards towards the municipal campsite and the fort (3 km). There is a car park near the beach. One can also access the beach at Gautrelle Beach (see our indications). Turn right at the car park.

The nudist area is in the center of the beach.

Characteristics of the Saumonards Beach

Type of beach

Creek
Shade
Lawn
Pebbles
Sand
Cement

Equipment on the beach

Handicap accessible
Swimming pool
Kids Club
Shower
Mattress rental
Free parking
Payed parking
Paddle boats
Lifeguards in season
Restaurants
WC

Recreation

Beach volleyball
Nautical Center
Sand Yachting
Nursery
Fishing
Nautical sports
Surfing
Scuba diving
Kitesurfing

Location

Difficult access
Nude beach
Wild beach
Near city center

Miscellaneous

Barbecues permitted
Dogs allowed
Smoke-free beach

Photos of the Saumonards Beach

Photo of Saumonards beach in Oleron - France

This is the big beach of Saumonards in St Georges of Oléron. This is the northwestern area, near Grautelle Beach. The naturist beach is in this area.

Beach near the tip of Saumonards in Oleron

In this photo, one can see the tip of Saumonards. The beach also stretches behind it at the edge of Boyardville.

A pleasant pine forest with beautiful dunes lines the beach. One can access it by bicycle on the various bike paths.

Wild beach between Boyardville and St Georges

Access to Saumonards beach - Gautrelle area

In Gautrelle, there is an access through a path along the beach.

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Beaches near the Saumonards Beach:

Sables Vignier Beach

Rue de la Chardonnière 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Chaucre Beach

Rue du Canot de Sauvetage 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Douhet Beach

Av de la Durandière 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Gautrelle Beach

Rte de la Gautrelle 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Bonnes Beach

Rte des Bonnes 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Domino Beach

Av de l'Atlantique 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron

Users opinions' on this beach

Users rating given to this beach:

3.8/5, based on 6 users

Very Nice Naturist Beach added august 11, 2016 by Robert Pratt

Excellent nude beach with very good swimming. Quite popular but unfortunately very small - when I say small I mean the naturist section as marked is only about 200m wide which is not good. So what happens is that naturists just ignore the marker posts and extend the beach by another 100m at each end! Visited the beach twice and would recommend - again additional bike parking would encourage more to leave their cars behind

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