Stretching westwards into the Atlantic, the anchor-shaped Presqu’île de Crozon (or Crozon Peninsula) is one of the most scenic spots in Brittany.
Campgrounds are privately owned and operated. So instead, we pedaled back to Morgat, walked along the boardwalk until we found a place to get ice cream and recharge, and then decided to drive out to the southermost point of Cap de la Chèvre.Walking out to the edge, we passed a memorial for naval aviators and stood about 100 meters above the turquoise water surrounding us on three sides. Before moving to France in 2014, I spent 15 years covering Silicon Valley for the Los Angeles Times and The San Jose Mercury News.Subscribe to our newsletter for new blog posts and photos.This website uses cookies to improve your experience. This was not an island, but rather another smaller peninsula sticking out from the secondary peninsula we had followed from Morgat. But the best part came when we decided to ditch our bikes.About an hour out, there was a sign indicating a path that descended toward the water. Penfeld ; Élorn ; the river of Daoulas ; Aulne ; the river of Faou.
Far below, more intrepid people had scrambled down a rocky path to a little beach, which seemed to be much more accessible by boat.L’ile vierge/Photo by Donatienne Guilladeau.The sun and food and hike combined to give us a profound case of lethargy.
We wandered down the beach past an array of abandoned and decaying boats before finding a spot where we could wade into the water and cool off.When we returned to camp, a crêpe truck had rolled up making for a nice surprise.
(cost: €112.40) While it has sadly closed since we visited, there are several similar low-key options nearby. The road out of town was steep, but ultimately leveled out and made for good, casual riding. In common with many other French towns, Crozon has a number of fêtes and festivals at various times of year. Presqu’Île de Crozon in the Brittany region turned out to be the perfect place to finally indulge our love of camping in France. Probably the best known festival held in Crozon is the.Crozon has various shops and a couple of supermarkets for daily needs.
Things to Do in Crozon, Finistere: See Tripadvisor's 1,932 traveler reviews and photos of Crozon tourist attractions. The water crashing against the rocks below had a savage feel, and completed a sensation that somehow, we were standing on the end of the world.On the way back, we made a quick stop in Camaret for beer and moules-frites and then returned to the calm of the campground. Avid campers in California before moving to France four years ago, we had shipped enough camping equipment with us to stage an invasion of a small island nation. A bigger market called 'la Foire' takes place every first Wednesday of the month.In 2008, 4.58% of primary-school children attended.Crozon is twinned with the following places:Site with map and info on Finistère communes,more than 500 photos of the Crozon Peninsula,Maritime Heritage : Crozon-Morgat's fishing history and boats,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crozon&oldid=973449821,Articles with French-language sources (fr),Short description is different from Wikidata,Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata,Articles with dead external links from December 2016,Articles with permanently dead external links,Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers,Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License,This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 08:20.
Currently, he freelances and covers startups, entrepreneurs, and technology for publications such as VentureBeat, Les Echos' The Innovator, and the LA Times.I am an American journalist based in Toulouse, where I write about travel, culture, and technology. It was clear a number of people had parked nearby, or locked their bikes. Thanks to its layout, the roadstead harbours a wide diversity of natural habitats and a high level of biodiversity. Such battlement’s are common along the Brittany and Normandy costs, a stark legacy of WWII.It’s from this point where the view becomes what the French would call “à couper le souffle,” and that we would call breathtaking.The land plunges directly into the water 70 meters below and is lined with sharp rocks that jut up from the sea.
Exploring all of Brittany will require many return trips.Chris O'Brien is an American journalist living in Toulouse, France.
But whereas in the U.S. such parks might offer government-run campgrounds, that’s not the case here. Environment. We weren’t in the remote wilderness, but this was an immensely satisfying spot for car camping.The first big highlight was a half-day hike we took from the seaside town of Camaret-sur-mer to La Pointe de Pen-Hir (about 4 km). So on a whim, we decided to follow the path, having no idea what lay ahead.What lay ahead was the L’île Vierge.
We scrambled through some trees and brush along a narrow path that brought us quickly to another edge with inspiring views of the water below.L’ile vierge/Photo by Donatienne Guillaudeau.When we reached the edge of L’île Vierge, we climbed on some rocks for a picnic. It was a spectacular start.The second day we drove south to the coastal town of Morgat where we rented bikes to ride into the rolling hills of a secondary peninsuala that pointed south called Cap de la Chèvre.
And this was only a corner that was small, and yet felt immense. That made for a simple dinner, making the lazy day pretty much complete.After dinner, we joined a number of fello campers on the beach, skipping rocks, drinking beer, and watching one last slow descent of the sun.By the time we packed up the next morning, our time in Crozon had delivered a varied and dreamy taste of the primitive sensations that Brittany evokes.
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