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The Bay of Morlaix

The Bay of Morlaix is an ever changing image. The landscape is dotted with islets and rocky spurs jutting out of the water, while the perpetual flux of the sea constantly redraws the outline of the rugged coastline. 

Each islet is a picture postcard: The Île Louet with its single house turns its back to the Château du Taureau, while the Île Sterec, bristling with dense vegetation contrasts with the arid Île Noire surmounted by its square tower. Further west towards Carantec the Île Callot, wonder of the Bay, is accessible on foot by a narrow road. 

Bay of Morlaix
Bay of Morlaix
Islets can be approached from the natural headlands along the coastline: the Point of Penn Al Lan in Carantec or the Presqu’île de Barnenez in Plouezoc’h, dominated by the most imposing Neolithic monument in Europe, the 7 000 year old Cairn of Barnenez. 

The Bay extends inland, along the River of Morlaix, the natural border between Léon and Trégor, subject to the movements of the tides right up to the centre of Morlaix, washing as it passes the small oyster harbour of Dourduff en Mer and the village of Locquénolé, nestled on the bank of a hill.

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