If you're in Ile de Ré you'll be wanting a bike. If you're in Ars, rent one here, at Cycles et Pêche (bikes and fishing gear). Lovely people, good bikes. You can also rent bike seats or trailers for kids.

2, place de la Chapelle
Ars-en-Ré
t: 05 46 29 20 88
cycles-neveur.com/

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Ecomusee du Marais Salant provides an interesting insight into how sea salt is produced. Both now and back in the day. History, technique, boutique.

Near the town of Loix.
www.marais-salant.com

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Most of the south coast of Ile de Ré is beach but the mother of all beaches is Plage de la Conche on the western end of the island. Wide and sandy and child-friendly, especially when the tide is out, this plage is worth a drive or a bike ride every day.

The Germans fortified Ile de Ré on this beach and their bunkers remain - now tilted and silted and covered in colourful artwork but cool inside when the sun is hot. The film The Longest Day was shot here, by the way.

Go west to the end of the island.

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