Gifts and souvenirs Ile de Ré

This soap factory, located in the heart of the Ile de Ré, is easy to get to thanks to its roadside parking. Just step inside and you'll be charmed by the enchanting scents and beautifully decorated store. This is your chance to stock up on beauty products made from donkey's milk. Rich in vitamins and enriched with shea butter, the soaps are sold plain or scented, in solid or liquid form. You'll also find care and massage oils.

Like the fleur de sel, soap is one of the emblematic products of the island of Ré. During the visit of the Baleines lighthouse, you can easily go to this soap factory. The store is recognizable by its stuffed donkey, but it is inside that you will find all the secrets of soap making. Visit the soap factory every Monday and Tuesday morning (from April to September). You can find the famous organic donkey milk soap.

This is one of the stores that you must visit! It is dedicated to the donkey, this animal that is well known by the people of Rétais and that still walks young and old. While strolling around, you will see a stuffed animal that indicates the entrance of the shop. We appreciate the warm welcome and the perfumes that make you want to buy one of the soaps. The quality is not lacking, it must be said that the family business has been making organic donkey milk soaps for 20 years.

Loix has a particular link with the one that is still called the white gold. If you wish to flavour your dishes with fleur de sel, you can go to this store which works only with salt from the island of Ré. Several stores are located in the villages of Ré, including the one in Ars, which manufactures salt-based food products and cosmetics based on sau-fine (concentrated seawater enriched and harvested in the summer in the salt marshes): scrubs, anti-wrinkle creams... The products are available for sale online.

The island of Ré lends itself to strolling, offering an alternation of landscapes between beaches and vineyards. In the heart of the villages with white houses, small stores are hidden, highlighting local products. This is the case of this soap factory, a family business that has been making organic donkey milk soaps and cosmetics for 20 years. The welcome is pleasant, the advice interesting allowing to find the product of his choice among a very wide range of soaps.