Heritage
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from our hotel in Groix

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Invitation to all trips to the island of Groix

Ile de Groix charming hotel

A mineralogical treasure trove, Groix, with its 17 villages, also boasts a superb cultural and historical heritage. Port-Tudy, a former tuna fishing port (from 1870 to 1940, the island was France's leading tuna fishing port), is still a vital link with the mainland, with the arrival of mail, fishing boats and yachts. The climb up to the village offers a glimpse of beautiful shipowners' houses and the "Cinéma des Familles", with its facades decorated by Italian craftsmen. There are many shops to discover as you stroll through the streets around the church, whose steeple is topped by a tuna-shaped weather vane.

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Things to see and do

The Musée de Groix near the hotel (open from April to September) is dedicated to the heritage and history of life on the island, the traditional house at Kerlard (a typical example of a house with a threshing floor and vegetable garden on the street side, a garden for growing potatoes on the valley side of Port Saint Nicolas, a single-room living area plastered with air lime, a stable and an attic), the wash-houses and fountains dotted around the island, which evoke many legends and beliefs, the lighthouses at Pen Men and Pointe des Chats, the traditional church in Kerlard (a typical example of a house with a threshing floor and vegetable garden on the street side, a garden for growing potatoes on the valley side of Port Saint Nicolas, a single-room living area plastered with air lime, its cowshed and granary), the wash-houses and fountains dotted around the island that evoke numerous legends and beliefs, the lighthouses of Pen Men and Pointe des Chats, the church of Saint Tudy in Le Bourg, the chapel of Sainte-Anne in La Trinité, the chapel of Notre-Dame au Méné, the chapel of Notre-Dame de Plasmanec in Locmaria, the chapel of Saint-Léonard in Quelhuit, the menhirs and dolmens...

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