Ile Houat

Visit Ile Houat, Brittany

The island of Houat is off the Morbihan coast and is easily reached by ferry from Quiberon (a 40 minute voyage), Vannes or Port Navalo. Fishing continues to be the main activity for the couple of hundred residents of the island, with tourism also playing an important role.

Houat is only about 4km by 1km, and can be well explored by bike, or even better on foot by following the coast path around the island (you can not bring your car to the island).

Exploring Ile de Houat

There is only one village on the island - Houat, on the northern coast - which is a pretty little place with traditional whitewashed cottages sat above the harbour (the Port of Saint Gildas) below, with a fleet of small fishing boats. You will find basic facilities in the town, including restaurants and bike hire during the summer months.

The main beach, Treac'h ar Goured (also known as the grand plage), covers much of the the eastern coast of the island. while the coast of the wesern half of Houat is much more rocky and rugged - although there is also a small beach at the western extremity of the island, called Treac'h ar Beniguet, and another on the south-eastern coast, called Treac'h ar Salus.

The coast path is a very good way to see the various granite rock formations and causeways that surround much of the island, and a great deal of lovely coastal scenery, both beaches and cliffs. The path takes about four hours to walk all the way around Houat, a tour that is highly recommended.

Another short boat trip will take you on to the small island of Hoedic, off the south-east coast from Ile de Houat.

See Brittany and Morbihan (the region and department for Ile Houat) for more travel ideas...

Suggested places to visit near Ile Houat, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Port Navalo 19km; Arzon 19km; Locmariaquer 21km; Sarzeau 21km; Carnac Plage 23km; La Trinite sur Mer 24km; Carnac 25km; Ile aux Moines 25km; Ile-d'Arz 26km; Morbihan Gulf 27km; Saint-Goustan 32km;

Ile Houat tourist information: sights and attractions nearby

Megaliths of Locmariaquer - national monument (21km) : Megalithic site of Carnac - national monument (25km) : Golfe du Morbihan - site of natural beauty (27km) : Marais Salants de Guérande - site of natural beauty (42km) : Jardins de Kerambar’h - remarkable garden (42km) : La Vraie-Croix - ville fleurie 4* (46km) : Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon - grand site of france (46km) :

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