Île de Ré
A flat island off La Rochelle, 30 kilometres long and five wide, joined to the mainland by a 2.9 kilometre bridge opened in 1988. Cycle paths run between salt marshes, oyster beds and whitewashed villages with green shutters.
- Where
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 46.2000, -1.4167
Get the Île de Ré stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Île de Ré. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume with your photos and a note.
Near Île de Ré
Les Machines de l'Île 112 km
An art project in the old shipyard buildings of the Île de Nantes, where giant mechanical creatures are built and set in motion. Its Great Elephant, twelve metres tall, walks the grounds with passengers riding on its back.
Château des Ducs de Bretagne 113 km
A great castle on the right bank of the Loire in Nantes, home to the Dukes of Brittany from the 13th to the 16th century. Its pale stone ramparts and moat enclose a courtyard and the city's history museum.
Futuroscope 146 km
A theme park near Poitiers built around film, multimedia and audiovisual technology. Its futuristic pavilions hold 3D and 4D cinemas, rides and shows, some of them found nowhere else in the world.
Château d'Angers 156 km
A castle above the river Maine, founded in the 9th century by the Counts of Anjou and enlarged in the 13th, with seventeen striped towers of dark schist and pale stone. Inside hangs the Apocalypse, a vast medieval wall hanging woven in the 14th century.
Château de Saumur 156 km
A castle above the meeting of the Loire and the Thouet, first built in the 10th century by Theobald I, Count of Blois, as a stronghold against Norman raids. Its white towers appear in the famous medieval calendar of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
Fontevraud Abbey 156 km
A monastery founded in 1101 by the preacher Robert of Arbrissel, where communities of men and women lived under the rule of an abbess. Its abbey church holds the tombs of Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart.
Cité du Vin 163 km
A museum of wine on the banks of the Garonne in Bordeaux, in a curving building meant to evoke wine swirling in a glass. Its exhibitions explore the history and cultures of wine around the world, and a lookout at the top gazes over the city.
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux 165 km
An opera house fronted by a portico of twelve Corinthian columns, inaugurated on 17 April 1780 and still the home of Bordeaux's opera and ballet. The ballet La fille mal gardée had its premiere here in 1789.
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Questions
Where is Île de Ré?
Île de Ré is in Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Les Machines de l'Île (112 km), Château des Ducs de Bretagne (113 km), Futuroscope (146 km).
How do I get the Île de Ré stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Île de Ré and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Île de Ré before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nouvelle-Aquitaine volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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