The port of Mornac has long been the subject of challenges. Since the Middle Ages, it has served as a relay between the Seudre and the Gironde via the Chemin des Mornaçons, the shortest land passage allowing people to avoid the dangerous Maumusson sluice, in particular for exchanges between La Rochelle and Bordeaux. The foodstuffs are loaded on ox carts in Mornac, transported on other boats to finish their journey in Bordeaux!”. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, this port will also be a place of export of salt supervised by the gabelous ( customs officers). We feel that we are at the heart of a rich maritime heritage. High tide, low tide, the views and impressions are totally different. There is no reason to favor one situation over the other. Both are worth seeing. If it is high tide for your first visit, plan to return at low tide and vice versa. But the best is to stay and walk while waiting for the rising or falling tide, and for this you have the choice between getting lost in the maze of streets of this typical village or taking the tarmac path (in the extension of the port) which will take you extends his arms. Indeed, the port of Mornac-sur-Seudre is established on a channel, "achenau", which leads to the Seudre, approximately 1km away. You will be able to admire fishermen's huts highlighted with warm and attractive colors and discover on very educational panels the fauna and flora of the region as well as the sea trades of yesteryear, and all this in a natural setting with the sea and iodized air of the ocean.
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