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Île de Batz

Lighthouse, legends & seaweed farmers

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The island lighthouse
HIGHEST POINT · 1836

198 steps lead to the top of the 1836 lighthouse: a 360° panorama over the island, Morlaix bay and the Roscoff channel. Open to visitors in season.

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Sainte-Anne chapel & the serpent
ROMANESQUE RUINS

The Romanesque chapel ruins recall Saint Pol Aurélien who, legend says, hurled the island's dragon into the 'Serpent's Hole'. Grand pardon in late July.

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Seaweed farmers & early crops
LIVING TRADITIONS

Here seaweed has fed the fields for centuries: the island still lives from the sea and its famous early vegetables, shipped west each spring.

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