Here you will find a hamlet of traditional houses built from granite and a chapel dating from the fifteenth century, which is dedicated to Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle (Our Lady of Good News), patron of sailors. This is the reason that the chapel contains numerous votive offerings left by sailors, such as model ships and flower wreaths.
Construction of Saint Jacques Church began in the eleventh century using granite from the area and further construction followed over the years, resulting in today's patchwork of architectural...
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A menhir 7.40 m high and 2 m wide stands in Saint-Uzec. Imagine our Neolithic ancestors transporting this huge block of granite weighing 60 tonnes! These megaliths probably fulfilled a religious...
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Formerly an island, Île Renote was joined to the mainland in 1895 by construction of a road, forming a peninsula. It has an exceptional geological and human history. Inhabited for 5,000 years, it...
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The tombolo of sand which links the coast to Île aux Lapins marks the boundary between the coarse, pink sand of Grève Rose beach to the west and the fine, white sand of Grève Blanche beach to the...
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