Port Navalo

Visit Port Navalo, Brittany

Port Navalo, west of Arzon on the southern side of the Morbihan Gulf (itself in southern Brittany), is the quiet traditional neighbour to the bustling port at Port de Crouesty, a more recent development.

Exploring Port Navalo

Although small, Port Navalo is an attractive place, a traditional Brittany port town with the stone and whitewashed houses typical of the region running along the harbourside and up the hillside. At low tide the harbour looks less attractive, but when the tide comes in it is a pretty places with lots of small fishing boats.

Towards the south of the village there is a nice sandy beach, perhaps a little optimistically described as La Grande Plage but a respectable size all the same, and very popular when we visited.

As is often the case with these small villages you need to explore a little to find the highlight - in the case of Port Navalo it is the coastal path as it passes around the headland. The path is called the Corniche du Phare and starts just below the small lighthouse* that dominates the harbour. The walk offers exceptional views out across the sea and along the rocky coastline - you can see across the Gulf of Morbihan to Locmariaquer and Quiberon.

* The lighthouse was built in 1891 to replace an existing lighthouse that stood here 50 years earlier.

Although there are a couple of cafes in the harbour area you will find more facilities at Port de Crouesty a few kilometres to the south-east of here.

Photos of Port Navalo (click any picture to start the gallery)

Tourist classifications for Port Navalo: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Suggested places to visit near Port Navalo, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Ile aux Moines 8km; Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys 8km; La Trinite sur Mer 9km; Ile-d'Arz 10km; Morbihan Gulf 10km; Sarzeau 11km; Carnac Plage 12km; Carnac 13km; Megalithic site of Carnac 13km; Saint-Goustan 14km; Auray 14km; Vannes 17km; Quiberon 17km; Sainte-Anne d'Auray 18km; Ile Houat 19km; Belle Ile 31km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Port Navalo

Port Navalo tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Golfe du Morbihan - site of natural beauty (10km) : Jardins de Kerambar’h - remarkable garden (25km) : La Vraie-Croix - ville fleurie 4* (32km) : Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon - grand site of france (36km) : Parc Victor Chevassu - remarkable garden (40km) : Marais Salants de Guérande - site of natural beauty (42km) : Briere - regional natural parc (51km) :

French version: see Port Navalo (Francais)