Cabanes de créateurs et d'artisans de La Baudissière, Artisan workshops in La Baudissière port, Dolus-d'Oléron, France
The colorful wooden cabins line the channels of La Baudissière port, forming a collection of art studios and craft workshops along the oyster route.
These small buildings, originally used for traditional oyster farming, were abandoned during industry modernization before being transformed into creative spaces.
Local artists and craftspeople now occupy these restored cabins, creating and selling paintings, textiles, hats, mosaics, jewelry, sculptures, and natural perfumes.
The site opens daily from April to September, with extended hours during summer months, offering free parking and wheelchair accessibility for visitors.
Each numbered cabin houses different artisans, including wooden game makers, recycled metal lamp creators, contemporary stained glass artists, and natural soap producers.
Location: Dolus-d'Oléron
Address: Rte des Huîtres, 17550 Dolus-d'Oléron, France 17550 Dolus-d'Oléron
GPS coordinates: 45.92360,-1.23341
Latest update: March 16, 2025 20:59
Oléron Island, the largest island in mainland France after Corsica, features a military, maritime, and natural heritage reflecting its strategic position facing the Atlantic Ocean. This Charente island, connected to the mainland since 1966 by a nearly three-kilometer-long bridge, houses fortifications built under Louis XIV, such as the Citadel of Château d'Oléron and Fort Louvois, as well as the famous Fort Boyard positioned on its sandbank offshore. The Chassiron Lighthouse, standing at forty-six meters high, marks the northern tip of the island and guides ships through the waters of the Pertuis d'Antioche. Beyond its defensive legacy, the island offers various natural areas where sandy beaches, pine forests, and salt marshes alternate. Saint-Trojan-les-Bains extends its wooded shoreline to the south, while Boyardville features a protected coast on its eastern side. Visitors also observe oyster farming along the La Baudissière channel and explore the colorful huts that house artist workshops at the port of Château d'Oléron. The Saltworks Museum traces the history of salt extraction, a resource that shaped the local economy for centuries.
Fort Boyard
8.6 km
Oléron Bridge
8.9 km
Île Madame
10 km
Citadelle du Château d'Oléron
5.5 km
Fort Louvois
8.7 km
Petit Train de Saint-Trojan
9.7 km
Maison des aïeules de Pierre Loti
5.9 km
Lanterne des morts de Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
6.1 km
Le Marais aux Oiseaux
3.2 km
Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
6 km
Réserve naturelle nationale de Moëze-Oléron
5.1 km
Maison Heureuse de Saint-Georges-d'Oléron
5.2 km
Église de Saint-Georges-d'Oléron
9.8 km
Parc Myocastors
2.9 km
Plage de la Giraudière
8.2 km
Château de Bonnemie
6.8 km
Dolmen d'Ors
7.3 km
Église Saint-André de Dolus-d'Oléron
2.7 km
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption du Château-d'Oléron
4.8 km
Musée de l'huître
8.7 km
Église Saint-Trojan de Saint-Trojan-les-Bains
9.3 km
Pont Napoléon
2.3 km
Fontaine, place de la république
5.1 km
Église Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Nicolas de La Cotinière
6 km
Grande plage (naturiste)
10 km
Plage de La Biroire
9.6 km
Plage de Vert Bois
5.5 km
Prieuré de La Perroche
5.7 kmReviews
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