Places to see in ( Quiberon - France )
Places to see in ( Quiberon - France )
Quiberon is a town and a peninsula on the southern coast of the Finistère department of western Brittany, near Carnac. The peninsula is 14 kilometres long and connected to mainland France by little more than a bank of sand with a road across it, with the entrance to the peninsula being overlooked by the 19th century Fort de Penthièvre. Although there are few important monuments in the town of Quiberon it is pleasant to explore: your visit will be centred around the port and on the long sandy beach in the town itself. This main beach is almost one kilometre long and called La Grande Plage.
Behind the beach you can see various grand villas dating from the time that Quiberon became established as a resort at the end of the 19th century, when trainlines first arrived here, as well as some more recent developments. In the town behind the beach you can see typical low Brittany whitewashed houses and shops, and the 12th century Church of Notre-Dame de Locmaria. There is also a small museum dedicated to the history of the Quiberon peninsula, called the Maison du Patrimoine (on rue de Port Haliguen in the town centre). There are two ports here: Port Maria, where the fishing fleet is based and from where you can take excursions to the nearby islands, and Port Haliguen, which is the port for pleasure boats. The castle you can see on a headland is called Chateau Turpault and was built in 1910 - it is not open to the public.
The Quiberon peninsula is a very popular seaside resort in the summer, and has some attractive beaches on the sheltered eastern coast. The most popular beaches (apart from the beach in Quiberon town) are those at Saint-Pierre and Penthievre. At Saint-Pierre-de-Quiberon you can also visit the menhirs (the town lies at the southern end of the 'Coast of megaliths' which runs south from Carnac on to the peninsula).
Head to the most southerly point on the peninsula, called the Pointe du Conguel, for the best view across the to the islands in Quiberon Bay. Pointe de Percho at the north-west of the peninsula is also well worth visiting for the views across to the islands of Belle-Ile and Groix.
The western coast of the peninsula is altogether more dramatic and a popular site with walkers, cyclists and nature lovers. While the coast here is very pleasant to explore on foot or by bike, there is also a road that follows this western part of Quiberon and incorporates numerous stopping places, so it is still easy to enjoy the scenery. Include Kervihan, Kerné and Kerniscop for some of the most dramatic scenery. The other main reason that Quiberon attracts visitors is because ferries to the popular islands of Belle-Ile, Ile de Houat and Ile de Hoedic leave from the port here.
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L'île de Noirmoutier, notre visite des plus beaux endroits !
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The Top Ten Most Extreme and Isolated Houses in the World
The Top Ten Most Extreme and Isolated Houses in the World
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Les Incontournables du Morbihan
Côté terre ou côté mer, le Morbihan est riche de sites incontournables. Escapade insulaire, petites cités de caractère ou architectures monumentales... Vous allez forcément trouver votre bonheur !
Brittany: I love Kerhostin-Beach - QUIBERON 24 Television
Kerhostin Beach is a small sandy cove located north of the peninsula of Quiberon in Saint Pierre Quiberon in a former fishing village on the east coast of the peninsula. It is surrounded by villas and has great charm.
Saint-Pierre Quiberon unfurls along 8km (5 miles) from the isthmus of Penthièvre to the most beautiful sites of the Wild Coast, Port-Blanc, Port-Bara… The canton is nestled on a granite strip bordered on the west by the ocean and on the east by the Bay. The sea is always close, a privilege of the shape of the Quiberon peninsula.
Report HD - TV Quiberon 24/7 - September 22, 2015
Son charme est immense, située à l'entrée de la presqu’ile de Quiberon, la plage de Kerhostin sur la commune de Saint-Pierre-Quiberon est une petite crique de sable proche d’un ancien village de pêcheurs .
Reportage HD - TV Quiberon 24/7 - 22 Septembre 2015 -
webtv international Quiberon peninsula - Brittany - France
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Carnac stones, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre/proto-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC. Although the stones date from 4500 BC, modern myths were formed which resulted from 1st century AD Roman and later Christian occupations, such as Saint Cornelius a Christian myth associated with the stones held that they were pagan soldiers in pursuit of Pope Cornelius when he turned them to stone. Brittany has its own local versions of the Arthurian cycle. Local tradition claims that the reason they stand in such perfectly straight lines is that they are a Roman legion turned to stone by Merlin. In recent centuries, many of the sites have been neglected, with reports of dolmens being used as sheep shelters, chicken sheds or even ovens. Even more commonly, stones have been removed to make way for roads, or as building materials. The continuing management of the sites remains a controversial topic. Eleven converging rows of menhirs stretching for 1,165 by 100 metres (3,822 by 328 feet). There is what Alexander Thom considered to be the remains of stone circles at either end. According to the tourist office there is a cromlech containing 71 stone blocks at the western end and a very ruined cromlech at the eastern end. The largest stones, around 4 metres (13 feet) high, are at the wider, western end; the stones then become as small as 0.6 metres (2 feet 0 inches) high along the length of the alignment before growing in height again toward the extreme eastern end. The tumulus of Saint-Michel was constructed between 5000 BC and 3400 BC. At its base it is 125 by 60 m (410 by 197 ft), and is 12 m (39 ft) high. It required 35,000 cubic metres (46,000 cu yd) of stone and earth. Its function was the same as that of the pyramids of Egypt: a tomb for the members of the ruling class. It contained various funerary objects, such as 15 stone chests, pottery, jewellery, most of which are currently held by the Museum of Prehistory of Carnac. It was excavated in 1862 by René Galles with a series of vertical pits, digging down 8 m (26 ft). Le Rouzic also excavated it between 1900 and 1907 discovering the tomb and the stone chests. A chapel was built on top in 1663 but was rebuilt in 1813, before being destroyed in 1923. The current building is an identical reconstruction of the 1663 chapel, built in 1926. Also known as Er Mané, it is a chamber tomb 85 m (279 ft) long, 35 m (115 ft) wide, and 5 m (16 ft) high. It has a dolmen at the west end, and two tombs at the east end. A small menhir, approximately 3 m (10 ft) high, is nearby. In 1887, H. de Cleuziou argued for a connection between the rows of stones and the directions of sunsets at the solstices. Among more recent studies, Alexander Thom worked with his son Archie from 1970 to 1974 to carry out a detailed survey of the Carnac alignments, and produced a series of papers on the astronomical alignments of the stones as well as statistical analysis supporting his concept of the megalithic yard. Thom's megalithic yard has been challenged. There are also general theories on the use of the stones as astronomical observatories, as has been claimed for Stonehenge. According to one such theory, the massive menhir at nearby Locmariaquer was linked to the alignments for such a purpose. The Musée de Préhistoire James Miln – Zacharie le Rouzic is at the centre of conserving and displaying the artefacts from the area. It also contains the world's largest collection [of] prehistoric[al] exhibits with over 6,600 prehistoric objects from 136 different sites. The monuments themselves were listed and purchased by the State at the start of the 20th century to protect them against quarrymen, and while this was successful at the time, in the mid century redevelopment, changes to agricultural practices and increasing tourism bringing visitors to the stones led to rapid deterioration. The Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Heritage Ministry) re-examined the issue from 1984, and subsequently set up the ‘Mission Carnac’ 1991 with the aim of rehabilitating and developing the alignments.
le mans old town and cathedral
Le Mans old town and Cathedral outside
Le projet des Franciscaines : l'imaginaire à l'oeuvre
L'imaginaire à l’œuvre tient lieu de programme d'action pour les Franciscaines, lieu culturel d'un nouveau genre dont les travaux s'achèveront en 2020. Dans cet ancien lieu de culte, reconfiguré à la mesure d'un projet culturel, chacun sera invité à laisser son imaginaire circuler pour vivre une expérience inédite, ouverte à tous les possibles. Méditer, se recueillir, se recentrer sur soi : à ces gestes répétés depuis plus d'un siècle par les religieuses qui occupèrent le site avant de le céder à la ville en 2012, le lieu associe désormais : s'informer, se parler, s'écouter, se cultiver, découvrir, s'enrichir, traîner, se distraire, à travers des parcours ajustés à chaque profil de visiteurs.
Gite madame Le Carff - Plouhinec
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Gîte indépendant à 0.8 Km de Plouhinec, sur la route des plages (D158). Séjour/coin-cuisine/coin-salon (lecteur DVD, magnétoscope), mezzanine, 4 chambres (2 lits 2 pers. dont 1 en 160X200, 4 lits 1 pers., 1 lit enfant), salle d'eau, salle de bains, 2 wc, chauffage électrique. Jardin 2000 m², terrasse, salon de jardin, barbecue.
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