Carnac Plage

Visit Carnac Plage, Brittany

Not surprisingly given its name, Carnac Plage is the beach section of the town of Carnac - and as a result is the place which attracts the tourists after they have explored the town itself.

The beach itself is very pleasant - long and sandy and backed by quite low key apartments and hotels.

Carnac Plage does also have its own small centre of shops and restaurants a little way behind the beach (not along the seafront as is more common with coastal resorts). The centre is compact if a little dated, and offers a very wide choice of cafes and restaurants along with shops offering basic provisions.

There are other beaches close to hand - for an unusual sight head eastwards out of Carnac Plage along the coast road until you reach the Plage du Men Du, a broad sand bank that runs out to sea to a large sand dune.

Natural Site of Kervilhen

A little further east along the coast is the protected environment of the Natural Site of Kervilhen.

Little publicised it is signposted off the road between Carnac and La Trinite sur Mer. I highly recommend you find it and spend half an hour strolling along the pathways - the site is a sequence of sand dunes that have been reclaimed by plant life, creating a quite unusual and very attractive natural environment now covered with trees, ferns, small meadows and ponds.

There's plenty of space, so its easy to find a shady spot for a picnic.

Photos of Carnac Plage (click any picture to start the gallery)

Tourist classifications for Carnac Plage: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Suggested places to visit near Carnac Plage, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Locmariaquer 10km; Quiberon 10km; Port Navalo 12km; Auray 13km; Saint-Goustan 13km; Port de Crouesty 14km; Arzon 14km; Sainte-Anne d'Auray 18km; Ile aux Moines 18km; Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys 20km; Ile-d'Arz 21km; Morbihan Gulf 21km; Ile Houat 23km; Sarzeau 24km; Vannes 26km; Belle Ile 28km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Carnac Plage

Carnac Plage tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Jardins de Kerambar’h - remarkable garden (20km) : Golfe du Morbihan - site of natural beauty (21km) : Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon - grand site of france (25km) : Parc Victor Chevassu - remarkable garden (29km) : La Vraie-Croix - ville fleurie 4* (42km) : Marais Salants de Guérande - site of natural beauty (55km) :

French version: see Carnac Plage (Francais)