A visit on the website of Penmarch tourism office located 200m from the property
(www.penmarch.fr) will give you a good glimpse of the several local activities :
- Fest Noz (breton fêtes) in July/August at Kerity (500m) : Traditional bands & breton country dances,
- Visit of Eckmühl lighthouse (2nd highest lighthouse of France) from April to September, with its center of maritime discovery and its "Papa Poydenot" ( old lifeboat with oars from 1901 in perfect shape),
- Visit the prehistorical museum at Pors Carn (3km),
- Immersion in the today's fishing and fisherman worlds with "Haliotika" in Le Guilvinec (8km),
- Go for a walk or a bike-ride to discover our typical ports (Kérity at 500m, Lesconil at 12km, Le Guilvinec at 8km,
Sainte-marine at 21km...),
chapels, coastal tracks (Saint-Pierre nearby tiny port at 300m,
Rocks of Saint-Guénolé at 3km, La Torche headland rocks at 5km),
and several beaches (for fishing walks or swimming),
- Surfing/Windsurfing/Kitesurfing at La Torche at 5km (www.ecole-surf-bretagne.fr -local Surfing school-), horse-riding, tennis etc...
Towns and sites of interest in vicinity :
- Quimper (35km) : lovely historic city (gothic cathedral,
castle walls, crêperies (pancake restaurants), earthenware pottery works HB Henriot, museums and old areas)
with its festival de Cornouaille in July (traditional bands called bagads everywhere in the city)
- Pont l'Abbé (11km) : Fêtes des brodeuses in July to discover breton traditions (embroidery, activities, music)
- Concarneau (50km) : The "ville-close" or fortified town built on water
- Pont-Aven (60km) : Charming tiny painter town, like a post card picture
- Archipelago of îles Glénan (60km) : boat day trips departing from Bénodet (
www.vedettes-odet.com) to visit paradisiac small sandy islands
- Locronan (42km) : beautiful medieval town
- Douarnenez (45km) : maritime festival and old sailing boats
- Pointe du Raz (54km) : Get back in touch with your inner self in this wild, awe-inspiring protected natural site, headland of Brittany
- Brest (112km) : Discover underwater world by visiting Oceanopolis splendid aquariums, or participate
to the great international festival of sailors BREST 2012 in July 2012, like in July 2008
- Crozon peninsula (120km) : An air of end of the world in this small port of Camaret sur mer at the
end of the road passing by the "Ménez-hom" (highest point of Brittany at 330m)
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Click on the picture below to roam the property vicinity ! |
Our artistic "coup de coeur" :