Quiberon
・Famous oil sardine specialty store in France
【City description】
This is a small town at the tip of Quiberon Peninsula. The sardine fishing was famous before, but it’s a beach resort town at present. You can buy the sardine can in the shop. As there is a ferry station, you can visit Beautiful Island which is the biggest island in Bretagne region.
【Overall rating】
★★★☆☆
【Time required】
2h
【Budget】
0 euro
【Fatigue】
★★☆☆☆
【Map and access to Brittany】
①Rennes: A town where buses to Mont Saint-Michel depart
②Fougeres: A town with a medieval fortress
③Saint-Malo: A popular medieval seaside city
④Dinan: A medieval town with a clock tower and port
⑤Vannes: A historic town with a castle
⑥Auray: A rustic port town
⑦Carnac: A town with a mysterious group of megaliths
⑧Quiberon: One of Brittany’s most popular beaches
⑨Belle Île: Brittany’s largest island
⑩Lorient: A port town with the International Celtic Festival
⑪Quimper: A town famous for its pottery
⑫Locronan: One of the most beautiful villages in France
⑬Brest: A modern town on the westernmost tip
Quiberon can be reached by train from Vannes in approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
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【Contents】
★=Must-see spots
◎=Recommended spots
Itinerary Map
Navigation
【Start】①Quiberon Station
★When you go out from the station, turn left and go to Gare St. When you arrive at a forked road, visit a church on the left hand. It takes 5 minutes by walk.
②Notre Dame de Locmaria Church★Go to Verdun St and look soon at a fresco on the wall on the left hand.
③Fresco painting of Church Square★Continue to walk on Verdun St.
④Tourist Information Center★Continue to walk on the street. As you arrive at a beach, you can spend a time here. If you continue the visit, turn right to go to Port Maria St. It takes 10 minutes.
⑤Ferry Station★Continue to walk on the street for 5 minutes.
⑥Port Maria Beach★Continue to walk on the street.
⑦⑧La Quiberonnaise★Continue to walk on the street. You find a castle. But it’s not accessible to the castle because it’s not open for the visit.
⑨Turpault Castle★Return the route and go to Port Maria St at a roundabout. As you arrive at Hoche Square where you already passed, go back to the station with the same route. It takes 20 minutes.
【Goal】Quiberon Station
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【Start】
①Quiberon Station
Gare de Quiberon
★When you go out from the station, turn left and go to Gare St. When you arrive at a forked road, visit a church on the left hand. It takes 5 minutes by walk.
②Notre Dame de Locmaria Church
Église Notre Dame de Locmaria
Time required: 15 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 2 am – 6 pm on Friday between July and September
Close: other days
This church was built in the 15th century. However, it suffered repeated damage from British raids, the French Revolution, and the storms of 1900, and its current appearance was renovated in 1906. As it is a church in a seaside town, there are ships hanging from the ceiling inside, and the stained glass windows depict many things related to the sea.
★Go to Verdun St and look soon at a fresco on the wall on the left hand.
③Fresco painting of Church Square
Fresque La Place de l’Église
Time required: 5 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
This is a mural depicting the square in front of this church in 1896. If you look closely, you can see that the woman is wearing a scarf unique to Brittany, and the place name signs are spelled differently than they are now.
★Continue to walk on Verdun St.
④Tourist Information Center
Time required: 5 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
Get information here.
★Continue to walk on the street. As you arrive at a beach, you can spend a time here. If you continue the visit, turn right to go to Port Maria St. It takes 10 minutes.
⑤Ferry Station
You can visit Beautiful Island from the station.
★Continue to walk on the street for 5 minutes.
⑥Port Maria Beach
Plage Port Maria
Time required: 10 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
This is a beach next to the port. There are not many tourists, but the scenery is good. The once thriving sardine fishery departed from this port.
★Continue to walk on the street.
⑦La Quiberonnaise★
La Quiberonnaise
Time required: 15 min
Opening hour: 10 am – 12h30 pm / 2h30 pm – 6h30 pm
Close: 5/1
This shop sells the famous canned sardines marinated in oil. Cans with various designs are sold and are recommended as they make great souvenirs.
★Continue to walk on the street. You find a castle. But it’s not accessible to the castle because it’s not open for the visit.
⑧Turpault Castle◎
Château Turpault
Time required: 5 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
This is a medieval English style castle located on the seashore. It was built relatively recently in 1904, but it is privately owned and cannot be visited.
★Return the route and go to Port Maria St at a roundabout. As you arrive at Hoche Square where you already passed, go back to the station with the same route. It takes 20 minutes.
【Goal】
Quiberon Station
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