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This website will present you some distinctive features (sometimes less known) of Belle-Ile. First of all, here are some examples of what this beautiful island may offer you. Sunny beaches, rough sea and foamy waves, flowery moors and small sheltered creeks, villages well integrated in the environment, secret glens, rocks chiseled by wind and sea, Belle-Ile shows many different faces and an amazing variety of superb landscapes. |
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Here is Donnant, one of the most beautiful beaches. The sea is rarely calm, often rough and sometimes wild.The waves roar when breaking on the golden sand. It is the preferred spot of surfers and body-boarders. |
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Sauzon harbour is located on the port side of a ria (more than half a mile long).This natural harbour is well protected from the prevailing winds and is an appreciated mooring place for yachtsmen. Such a beautiful place is much sought after by photographers and painters. |
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A
map of the villages of Belle-Ile, and some
useful web links relative to Belle-Ile en Mer. |
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At Belle-Ile, the sea and the wind sculpt the schist and carve the rock, creating remarkable stone arches, sinkholes opening on the sea, or many pierced rocks. Here are some examples... |
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Various subjects: flowers, sand colours, weathercocks, Vauban Citadel, old maps: Google Map XVIII° century version, ... | ||
Information : Webcam of the harbour of Palais | Information : Webcam of the harbour of Sauzon (user : guest ; password: guest ) | |
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on the map below
(sites to visit on the footpath along the coast) |
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Information : 360° pictures of Belle-Ile (full screen) : http://www.belle-ile-360.com/ Some pictures of the meeting of traditional sailing boats in the port
of Palais (end of July 2010): click here
Information : Some pictures of the storm on February 24, 2010 : click here Information concerning the wrecks at Belle-Ile or in Britanny, click here (French language only !) A
chapter in the history of Belle-Isle : |
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One question regarding a wreck found on the shore, near the beach of Les Galères : where does come from this steam boiler ? (it is what it looks like...) |
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