The must-sees during your stay
A trip that cannot be improvised!
A trip to the largest island in Brittany cannot be improvised, it must be prepared, anticipated, and matured in order to have the most beautiful experience. To help you anticipate your trip, we invite you to contact the Tourist Office who will advise you on:
The port of departure best suited to your situation, the possible activities, the means of transportation open on the date of your visit, the different accommodation solutions, the dates of hyper-frequency when it is better to postpone your stay…because if Belle-île is the largest, it does not have inexhaustible resources, in water in particular! Because choosing to live or come to the islands is also a commitment to a respectful tourism and a responsibility towards these fragile territories.
Each of the 4 communes offers accommodation, restaurants, visits and cultural or leisure activities… Discover all the practical information to organize your stopover!
The 4 seasons of the island
Blue, white, pink, spring on Belle-île
An impression of transparency, a sudden softness of the air, the polyphony of birds, the cliffs coming to life: it is spring. Suddenly, the desire is great to see again, at the end of the winter, the known places. We would like to be everywhere at once to savor this emotion, this wonder of the awakening nature of Belliloise…
Finally summer in Belle-île-en-Mer
From mid-June onwards, we feel the rise of an effervescence: everyone is busy. In the villages, people put the finishing touches to the organization of the shop windows, they hurry up for the final works, the markets become denser, the harbors and the creeks fill up with pleasure boats, numerous also in the harbor of Palais…
Fall or Indian summer in Belle-île-en-Mer
On the wild coast, as towards Port Kerlédan, at the Aiguilles de Port Coton, at Baluden, at the Pointe du Skeul, the clumps of foliage of the oval-leafed Statices take on red tones awakening the gray of the rocky plateau. Often mixed with the Statices, its umbels becoming red, the Sea Fennel also takes its autumn colors…
Belle-Île en Hiver……jours tranquil
Some people prefer to discover it in winter. They are not wrong in wanting to appreciate the island in its true appearance, stripped of all artifice. This is the best season to share the reality of island life with serenity, taking time. The beaches, coasts and almost deserted paths form larger landscapes and are all the more impressive that, on certain days, storms come to transform them into black and white…
the largest of the Ponant islands
From the Chausey Islands Archipelago off Mont-Saint-Michel to the Isle of Aix, the southernmost of the Ponant Islands, the 15 permanently inhabited islands make up les îles du Ponant: Bréhat, Batz, Ouessant, Molène, Sein, Les Glénan, Groix, Houat, Hoëdic, Les îles du Golfe du Morbihan with l’île aux Moines and l’île d’Arz and the largest, Belle-île-en Mer.
They are privileged spaces because of their living environment but also fragile lands, sometimes rough, sometimes soft, sometimes austere, sometimes laughing, sometimes close, sometimes far away, mysterious islands, islands of treasures, they are all different, but all are islands!
These mythical and enchanting havens are all accessible in less than an hour and a half by boat, or even in a few minutes by plane. Each of their names is a promise of escape. Let yourself be tempted especially by the off-season!
In autumn, the islands are the very sweetness, when the sweetness has already left the continent. Winter gives them a great show every day: that of the sea in perpetual motion. In spring, they are covered with flowers and intoxicate you with colors and scents.
And if they fill all our senses, it is because on an island, all roads lead to the sea…
To know more about it :
The Ponant Islands have formed an association.
Association des Iles du Ponant – 17 rue du Danemark- 56 400 AURAY
02 97 56 52 57 – www.iles-du-ponant.com
aip@iles-du-ponant.com
The Ponant Islands: 15 islands and 15,789 inhabitants
Chausey Archipelago – Bréhat Island – Batz Island – Oessant Island – Molene Island – Sein Island – Archipel des Glénan – Ile de Groix – Ile de Houat – Ile de Hoëdic – Ile d’Arz – Ile aux Moines – Ile d’Yeu – Ile d’Aix.
The Association Savoir-faire des îles du Ponant gathers more than 60 island entrepreneurs present all year long. These entrepreneurs create, thanks to their know-how, sustainable jobs on their islands. They contribute to maintain a year-round life and essential services for the population.
On Belle-île-en-Mer, there are currently a dozen island professionals from all sectors of activity who are labeled “Savoir-faire des îles du Ponant”: agriculture, cookie making, soap making, arts and crafts, culture, accommodation… Go to the website of the “Savoir-faire des iles du Ponant” to discover island know-how, support our activities and jobs, and contribute to keeping the islands alive all year round!
On an island all roads lead to the sea