La Maison de la Dune

  • Museum
  • Sciences and technology
  • Natural sciences
  • Private museum
  • Eco-museum
Forêt du Lizay, 17880 Les Portes-en-Ré
La Maison de la Dune is set in a remarkable site, on the top of the dune, to the west of the beach of Petit Bec. It overlooks Conche des Baleines. It is a former forest house built in 1852 and renovated in 2009. It used to be a shelter for the employees of the Forests and Waters Office.
The Maison de la Dune features a museography on the ecosystem of the dune and its flora and fauna. It houses an interpretation centre for the dune and the Lizay forest.

Several panels inside the Maison de la Dune explain the fragile rampart formed by the dune against the erosion that threatens it, the role of the sea dune, the white dune, the grey dune and the wooded dune, and the plants of the dunes and the forest. A botanical trail around the Maison de la Dune allows visitors to name...

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Openings

Openings

From 1 July 2025 until 31 August 2025

From 1 July 2025 until 31 August 2025
Tuesday
11:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 19:00

Location

Location

La Maison de la Dune
Forêt du Lizay, 17880 Les Portes-en-Ré

Environment

Environment
  • Sea view
Updated on 16 January 2025 at 12:16
by Destination Ile de Ré
(Offer identifier : 5870006)
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