Saturday, 7 August 2010

Kervoyal

In the south of the Morbihan area, at the mouth of the river Vilaine you will find a gem of a village, Kervoyal, in fact it is known as "The Pearl". A charming village with two beaches "la petite" and "la grande" The small beach has a small marina. The beach is great for beach games and messing about in the water. At low tide, the tide goes out far enough for beach cast fishing as well as fishing for mussels, cockles, clams, Oysters, shrimp and many others ... .Discover the last beach/dressing huts erected facing the ocean, relics from early in the last century. You'll find shops, creperies and restaurants ...In summer, there is a weekly market on a Wednesday morning.



Other interests in the area are the old windmill built in 1705, now private property, the last miller still living next to his windmill! Point Saint Saveur, where at low tide you can clamber over the rocks that have been eroded by the sea. There is also the quaint "Chapelle de Kervoyal" which was renovtaed from a garage in 1924 for a place of worship. Later destroyed during the Second World War it was rebuilt in 1952.


Kervoyal offers plenty to see and do and a great way to spend a day at the coast, only 40 mins from our gites.

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