LIBRAIRIE-ATELIER QUILLET
Read moreCreated in 1987, Atelier Quillet puts its craftsmanship in the service of ancient documents. This company is a true national reference for the conservation, restoration and binding of old documents. Everyone can enter freely in the library which offers a nice journey over time with books dating from the xviie and xviiith, maps of the island of Ré and all the world.
ESPRIT DU SEL
Read moreLoix has a special bond with what is still known as white gold. If you feel like flavoring your dishes with fleur de sel, head for this store, which works exclusively with salt from the Ile de Ré. There are a number of stores in the villages around Ré, including the one in Ars, which manufactures salt-based food products and sau-fine-based cosmetics (concentrated seawater enriched and harvested in the summer in the salt marshes): scrubs, anti-wrinkle creams... Products are available for sale online.