Carnac

Overview of Carnac

A small seaside town between Vannes and Quiberon, Carnac is famous for its alignments of nearly 3,000 standing stones. The Museum of Prehistory, logically specialising in megaliths, is also well worth a visit.

Key facts

• Type de lieu: small town.

• Intérêt touristique: ★★★ (recommended).

• Localisation: between Vannes and Quiberon in the Morbihan department.

• Distances:

• Heure locale: Heure : Carnac.

• Population: 4,212 inhabitants (2014).

• Superficie: 32.71 km².

• Altitude: sea level.

• Site internet: http://www.ot-carnac.fr

History of Carnac

What to see and do in Carnac

Carnac Alignments ★★★
With several thousand stones aligned over nearly four kilometres, this is one of the world's most famous sites of its kind. Other menhirs, dolmens, and tumuli in the town or surrounding area.

In the surrounding area

Climate and weather in Carnac

Like the rest of the coast, the town has an oceanic climate—mild, humid, and quite windy in all seasons, with relatively low temperature variation, neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer. Rainfall (less intense than inland) is spread throughout the year, peaking in autumn and winter.

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