Interpretation Center
in Royan

Centre d'Interprétation de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine de Royan (CIAP)

Located on the ground floor of the Palais de Royan, the Architecture and Heritage Interpretation Center welcomes you all year round to help you discover the history of the city of Royan.
The CIAP offers a 500 m² room dedicated to educational activities and two spaces for temporary and permanent exhibitions as well as a shop.

The permanent exhibition presents the architectural and urban evolution of the city, in particular since the development of sea bathing in the 1950th century, then the reconstruction in the 1950s. To make visible what has disappeared and explain the city Today, the route is based on different devices: digital installations, models, projections, touch tables or even a reconstruction of a XNUMXs interior.
The CIAP is designed as an introduction to the territory that the visitor is then encouraged to discover at their own pace, in particular thanks to the other forms of mediation made available to them (documents, guided tours, conferences, workshops, etc.).
We speak French

Activities on site

  • Children's entertainment
  • Temporary exhibitions
  • Manual workshops
  • Permanent exhibition

Location details

  • In the city
  • Public transport stop within 500 m
  • Marina within 500 m
  • Bus stop within 500 m
  • Pier within 500 m

Opening

From 08/07 to 01/09/2024
Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 14:30 p.m. to 18:30 p.m.
Closed on Thursdays.

From 02/09 to 31/12/2024 between 14 a.m. and 18 p.m.
Closed on Thursdays.

Admission fees

Free

Services

Equipments

  • Elevator
  • Toilets
  • Show room
  • Parking
  • Parking nearby
  • Free parking

Accessibility

SERVICES

  • Reserved place for people with reduced mobility
  • WC + grab bar + circulation space
  • Magnetic buckle available at reception
  • Presentation of the place accessible to visually impaired people at the reception
  • Visitor support devices
  • Presence of seating or sit-stand areas

LABELS

  • Tourism and Handicap brand - hearing impairment
  • Tourism and Handicap brand - mental disability

Hearing impairment

Videos with subtitles
Transcribed audio devices

Physical disability

Access ramp for people with reduced mobility.
Two reserved parking spaces nearby (Avenue des Congrès, at the start of the ramp and at the corner of Rue du Docteur Audouin).
Adapted sanitary facilities.
Seats in the route.

Visual impairment

Tactile models
Touch terminals

Address

Avenue des Congrès
Le Palais
17200 Royan
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