Houat Things to Do

The beaches of Ile d'Houat are probably some of the best I have seen anywhere in Europe. The longest, and the one you'll see on a hundred postcards, is the spectacular Treac'h Ar Gouret, or "la Grande Plage" if you can't get your tongue around the Breton. If calm idyllic beaches are not you, head round the headland, past the campsite, to Treac'h Ar Salus (Plage du Salut) where the waves pound onto golden sand. Keep on walking round the island, and you will find all manner of small bays and tiny coves, most of them empty.