A small picturesque port that has retained its authenticity, L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer is located on the low coasts bordering the Marais poitevin at the mouth of the Lay. Its three bodies of water allow some to quietly savor the pleasures of swimming and sunbathing and others to indulge in water sports and fishing. Its fishing port, which has remained typical with its booms and wooden stilts, is renowned for its shellfish activities such as oyster farming and mussel farming. The Pointe de l'Aiguillon, with its beaches, its dunes offers a wilder character conducive to walking, as well as to the observation of migratory birds. The restaurants offer you their specialties of fish, seafood without forgetting the queen of the Aiguillon, the mussel of bouchot, which reserves its best flavors for you, in summer.
Locality located between river and sea. The Lay river separates the localities of La Faute-sur-Mer and L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer.
Swimming, sand yachting and other water sports are the jewels of this resort whose beaches stretch over 8 km. Sea lovers are invited to discover the fishing port, the starting point for activities related to yachting: boat trips, sea fishing.
With more than 200 hectares of holm oak and pine forests that extend through the State Biological Reserve of the Pointe d'Arçay, hikers and nature lovers will be delighted.
Seafood: mussels, oysters, clams, grown on site. Many restaurants offering regional specialties: shellfish, fish, mogettes, Mareuil wine.
