Carnac Travel Guide

 black_mimi99 Says:  The prehistoric 'megalithic site of Carnac? Just visit the museum prehistoric of Carnac. 

 black_mimi99 Says:  These small size of menhir formation. 

 black_mimi99 Says:  From this tower, we can see more wide of these menhirs, from bih size to small size... 

 black_mimi99 Says:  Besides the menhirs, another well-known monument is the 'Dolmen'. The term means "stone table" (from the Breton 'dol' (table) and 'men' (stone). In practice this is a series of menhirs on top of which large stones are placed, forming a sort of room or tunnel. 

 black_mimi99 Says:  Numerous interpretations have been placed on these megalithic monuments - sometimes fanciful and not very credible. Nowadays most experts are inclined to believe, on the basis of the disposition of large stones, that they had a close relationship with studies of the stars... 

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 hquittner Says:  The facade of the 17C Church of St. Cornely (the patron saint of horned cattle) is relatively severe. His statue stands above the door withtwo oxen. The interior has a ships' keel curved and decorated wood ceiling with a wrought iron pulpit and choir grille (18C). The... 

 hquittner Says:  Quiberon is the name of a small town (pop 5K) and also the peninsula on which it sits. Alonng the west it fronts on the Atlantic Ocean and it is there that we went to see the Cote Sauvage. Both it and the whole Morbihan area reminded us of the coast of Maine. There were no... 

 hquittner Says:  Up the D781 toward Auray, about 0.5 km from the area of the Great Menhir, on the right (east) side is the dolmen of Kercadoret(?). It is not visible from the road but is up the path about 50 yd. behind the backs of some houses in a clump of trees. There is a sort of mound... 

 hquittner Says:  There are several other lesser sites near Locmariaquer not usually visited, each with different objects of interest. The nearest were the dolmen of Mane Lud and the tumulus of Er Grab (Vingle). We chose the former .The Dolmen of Mane Lude is in the area of the Merchants’... 

 hquittner Says:  The Merchants’ Table is the name given to the large dolmen 200 m away from the Great Menhir. It was buried in a tumulus, part of which remains, about 36 m long. Like Gavrinis it is also a passage grave, but the capstone of the chamber is so large that part of it covers some... 

 hquittner Says:  The Great Menhir and the Merchant’s Table Dolmen are together as a single visit. The menhir was overthrown and broken into 4 pieces in prehistoric times (not struck by lightning) during an iconoclastic period. Assembled, it is the biggest menhir known. Apparently it stood... 

 hquittner Says:  The most remarkable aspects of our visit were the stone surfaces of the passage. Each of the 23 stones is decorated with a mysterious array of designs. The patterns are graceful, somewhat like whorls of a fingerprint. A predominant patter is a lateral or inverted “U”, with... 

 hquittner Says:  A cairn is a hill of stones covering a grave site (if further completely covered with dirt with or without stones, it is called a tumulus). This cairn is 8m(25 ft) high and 100m (328 ft) round and sits on a hillock. It once overlooked a fertile valley where there were... 

 hquittner Says:  If you spend time in the Carnac area, you should definitely not miss the cairn on Gavrinis Island. It takes planning and time to visit the island as it is only reachable by boat from the little port of Lamor-Baden. The trip is 15 min. each way and the visit to the cairn... 

 hquittner Says:  The Kermario Alignment is 250 m from the Menec ones. There are also passage graves nearby to see but you need local maps and directons. These ,\may not be as interesting as some cairns and tumuli further off. It depends upon your time and interests. This one did no t add... 

 hquittner Says:  The main alignement extends eastward from the cluster of houses (called the village of Menec). This is the most famous group of alignments and the largest. It covers an area in a filed tha measures 1167m long and 100m wide. The stones (menhirs) are in long rows (about 11 in... 

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 hquittner Says:  As we went to the Island of Gavrinis in Morbihan Bay (See Things to Do Tips), we passed workers busy in their oyster beds. These delicacies were expensively featured in our gourmet dinners at the Hotel at which we stayed (See our Hotel Tip). We had not yet moved to our...