The beach of la Boutinardière

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  • Plage Boutinardière fishing on foot fishery
  • locks fish foreshore fishing
  • Plage Boutinardière fishing on foot fishery
  • Boutinardière beach swimming
  • la Boutinardière fishing beach low tide
  • Plage Boutinardière fishing at low tide
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Presentation

La Boutinardière beach, located between Pornic and La Bernerie-en-Retz, is a large sandy cove where strange, gigantic rocks stand in the middle of countless fisheries.
It's a great place to go prawn fishing with the family or a group of keen anglers, and to discover the foreshore (an area uncovered at low tide). Don't forget to bring closed shoes or boots and a net!

The walk along this beach offers an incomparable panorama. The colourful orange-yellow cliffs contrast with the sky. One of the cliffs has a hole through it: the famous hell hole! When the wind blows through it, you can hear a frightening thud.

What's the story behind all those stones you can see on the foreshore at low tide?
At low tide, this walking site reveals small stones arranged in the shape of an inverted V, with the tip pointing out to sea. These are old fish locks! This fishing technique dates back to the Middle Ages, when fish were caught in stone traps built along the shoreline. The fishermen of the time would place a net at the end of the trap and when the tide went out, the fish would be caught!

The customs path winds above the cliff. From up there you can admire the fish locks and the many fisheries even better. This path takes you either towards Pornic or towards La Bernerie-en-Retz.
Information
  • TYPE OF SITE :
    • Beach and dunes
  • NATURAL HERITAGE CATEGORY :
    • Domaine du Conservatoire de l'Espace Littoral
    • Unclassified
  • PETS :
    • Pets allowed from October to April
    • Remarks "tenus en laisse"
  • BEACH CHARACTERISTIC :
    • Lenght 500 m
    • Sand
    • Creek
    • Rocks
    • Natural zone
    • Low height differential of the beach
  • ACCESSIBILITY :
    • Access with help
  • TOWN :
    • Pornic
Equipment/services
  • FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES :
    • No sanitary
    • No shower
    • Public benches
    • Shellfish gathering
    • Dustbins
    • Free car park all the year long
    • 300 Distance from the car park
  • ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY :
    • Bathing not supervised
    • Cleaning beach in season
    • Analysis of the bathing waters
Comfort
  • Facilities and services :
    • Car park
    • Cleaned beach

Map

Map

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Plage de la Boutinardière
La Boutinardière
Le Clion sur Mer
44210
PORNIC
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 47.09460
Longitude : -2.05328
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Contact details
The beach of la Boutinardière
La Boutinardière
Le Clion sur Mer
44210
PORNIC
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