Village de la Poterie

The Poterie at Trois-Îlets has made bricks and tiles from local clay since the eighteenth century, and the works are still operating in part, with the old kilns, drying sheds and clay pits standing among what has become a village of craft workshops, galleries, shops and restaurants. Pottery is still thrown and fired on site. The mix of working industry and shopping is unusual and gives the place more substance than a craft market.

What you actually see

• The old kilns - the brick firing structures standing among the workshops.
• The working pottery - clay still thrown and fired on the site.
• The craft workshops - the galleries and studios occupying the old buildings.
• The clay pits - the ground the works have drawn material from since the 1780s.

When to go

Year round; workshops keep daytime hours and many close Sundays. Mornings are cooler. Cruise days bring coach groups.

Honest expectations

It is substantially a shopping destination and prices reflect that. Many workshops close on Sundays and in the low season. The industrial parts are not presented or interpreted.

Nearby

Les Trois-Îlets is beside it, and Pointe du Bout is north.