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🏖️ General Overview Chay Beach is a family-friendly, fine sandy beach located in Royan (Charente-Maritime), on the Côte d’Argent promenade between Pigeonnier Beach and Pointe du Chay. It stretches for approximately 200 meters and boasts a pleasant natural setting, with a cove bordered by rocks typical of the Charente coastline. 🏝️ Features • 🌊 Beach type: fine sand, sheltered cove. • 🏄‍♂️ Atmosphere: relatively calm and family-friendly, ideal for children and vacationers seeking relaxation away from the large urban beaches. • 🐾 Pets: prohibited from April 1st to September 30th. • 🫧 Water quality: excellent (Blue Flag label awarded for 2025). 🧭 Lifeguard and Safety • Swimming is supervised during the season (June to early September), with areas marked by red and yellow flags. • The area is classified as a Category 3 "Supervised Beach" and lifeguards are present during the indicated hours. 🪑 Amenities On-site, you can find: • 🏖️ Sun loungers, parasols, and mattresses for rent. • 🚿 Foot rinse and public restrooms. • 📶 Wi-Fi access, first aid station, and an area accessible to people with reduced mobility (assistance may be required depending on the slope). • 🍴 Beachfront restaurant ("Le Chay" bar-restaurant with sea views). 🚶‍♂️ Atmosphere and Activities • 🎈 Ideal for families and leisurely strolls. • 🌞 People come here for swimming, playing on the sand, flying kites, or simply relaxing by the ocean. • 🅿️ Parking is available nearby, and the beach is easily accessible on foot or by bike from Royan town center in just a few minutes. 🧭 Practical Tips • 📆 Best time to visit: summer for supervised swimming and full services, but also during the off-season for a more peaceful atmosphere. • ☀️ Arriving early in the morning makes parking easier during peak season. • 🐶 Dogs are not allowed during the summer season; check the signs on site during the off-season.

The port of Royan is located between the Foncillon district and the Grande Conche beach, in the heart of the city. Ideally located at the mouth of the Gironde, in the immediate vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean and opposite Port-Médoc, it consists of a marina with a thousand rings and a fishing port, specializing in “noble” species (sole, meagre, sea bass, etc.). You will find the harbor master's office, the Fishing Port and the auction, as well as a covered shopping arcade, “Les voûtes du Port”, which extends the shopping arcades of the “Front de Mer”. Port, 1100 sheltered places – Reception pontoon – Secure pontoons. Access pass is 0.30 m above the zero of the nautical charts. Basins after dredging 2.30 m from the zero of the nautical charts. Services: water, electricity (220 V) on pontoon, toilets, WC, showers, handling in closed technical area, recovery of careening water, grey water and black water pumps, maintenance and ship repair workshops, ship chandlers on the port, wifi, 24/24 CB fuel, slipway. V.H.F. 9. The port is sheltered from all winds because it is protected by the landing stage of the ferries which ensure the crossing of the Gironde for the crossings to the Pointe de Grave/Le Verdon-sur-Mer.

The Chay de Royan beach is a continuation of the Pigeonnier cove on the Côte d'Argent promenade and offers a larger area than the latter. This sandy beach is family-friendly with a restaurant on the beach. It is supervised during the summer season (mid-June to early September) and you can rent mattresses and cabins. The environment of this beach is very pleasant, there are fewer houses than on the other beaches in Royan. A large car park is available near this beach (left side). Access is possible for people with reduced mobility via an inclined plane with assistance (the slope is steep). Dogs are prohibited from April 1st to October 31st.

A large marina on the Atlantic coast with 1000 berths, the port of Royan is located in the heart of the city. It is protected from all winds, protected by the pier of the ferries that ensure the crossing of the Gironde.

Chay Beach is a sandy beach that offers a breathtaking view of the Cordouan lighthouse. It is surrounded by rocky cliffs and, as such, is sheltered from the wind and is a pleasant place to do your hike.

The Port of Royan is a marina located in the heart of the town of Royan, on the Atlantic coast. It's a great place to enjoy the sea breeze and the view of the boats and the estuary.

Nice view of the lighthouse. More information: https://www.royanatlantique.fr/en/visites-excursions/phare-de-vallieres-saint-georges-de-didonne/

2 detachments of the 44th division of the Heer (land army) of the Wehrmacht arrived in Royan and its region on 06/23/1940. Their mission is to control the Gironde estuary which controls access to the port of Bordeaux. In December 1941, the Pio.Btl.327 of Oberstleutnant HUMBERT took part in the first work to build support points (the famous "Atlantic Wall") with the Fest.Pio.stab.28 of the Oberst SCHULTZ based in Royan and the Oberbauleitung PAULA of the Organization Todt. The work took on more scope from October 1942 thanks to the Todt Organization, and was supervised by the Pionere Führer of the AOK 7 (7th Army), Generalmajor Otto SCHAUM. In Charente Maritime, all the works will require the implementation of more than 4 million m3 of concrete. The TODT organization had a standardized fortification program "REGELBAUTEN" already used for the construction of the Siegfrid line. The Atlantic Wall required 300,000 French workers and nearly 3,000 companies. The Chay, Suzac and Coubre batteries were installed in March 1942. Southern limit of the "Festungen Gironde Nord", the Suzac B1 battery, which became S 30 HKAA 5/746 Köln, was equipped, in 1944, with 5 series firing pieces composed of 4 tubes of 76.2 GK 307 (r) horse-drawn installed under casemates at 120° firing H669 and four 105 K 331 Schneider cannons sheltered under structures at 60° firing H671, controlled from a post of fire direction PDT H636a., armament supplemented by support weapons of lower caliber (50 mm mortar, 20 machine gun, DCA) installed on platform, in tank or in tobruk, and by a concrete shelter for H128 personnel and an H134 block. A minefield protects access to the battery and concrete obstacles deter any attempt to land on the beaches. The Suzac battery, then the southern limit of La Poche de Royan, hit by bombing during Operation "Vénérable" on April 14 and 15, 1945, was largely destroyed by Allied aviation supported by "Lorraine" and the "Duquesne", two old ships built in 1913 and 1928 respectively. There remain on the ground 5 bunkers (in English) or blockhouses in German) under the command of a firing post (CP) and the ruins of a shelter buried under ivy. 2 other shelters are embedded in buildings where they serve as cellars. Finally a last bunker is exploded.