Villas in Carnac

About Carnac

Carnac, a town of about 4,200 people, has two centres: Carnac-Ville and Carnac-Plage on the beachfront. The town has five beaches, the largest being the Grande Plage, about 2 km of fine white sand facing due south, with lifeguards in summer. The Yacht Club de Carnac, west of it, offers watersports all year, and the Bay of Quiberon gives good sailing conditions. More than 10,000 Neolithic standing stones lie around the town, in three main groups of rows: Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan. The Saint-Michel tumulus, built between 5000 and 3400 BC, is a burial mound 12 metres high. Our homes are mostly houses for around four, grouped close together near Carnac-Plage, and only a handful have a pool. A shared path for walkers and cyclists follows the beach east to La Trinité-sur-Mer.

Is Carnac right for you?

Best for

Families and history fans wanting fine sand and standing stones

Not for you if

You want a private pool, which only a handful of homes here have.

Near Carnac

• La Trinité-sur-Mer

  Port east of Carnac with a quay of seafood restaurants, reached by the shared walking and cycle path along the beach.

• Quiberon

  Seaside resort on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, which is joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus.

• Locmariaquer

  Village with some of Europe's most significant Neolithic remains, including a broken menhir of nearly 20 metres and the carved Table des Marchand dolmen.

• Auray

  Town 12 km away on the Loch river, with the old port of Saint-Goustan, the site of the original town.

Getting to Carnac

Auray railway station, 12 km away, has TGV trains on the Paris to Rennes to Quimper line. In summer only, TER trains on the Auray to Quiberon line stop at Plouharnel-Carnac, 4 km from the centre, which sells no tickets. From the UK, Brittany Ferries sail from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo.

When to go to Carnac

Summer is the main season: the Grande Plage has lifeguards, two beach clubs set up beside it, and Plouharnel-Carnac station opens. Since 1991 the main rows of stones have been fenced to let the vegetation recover, with visits mostly by organised tour, but they are open in winter. The yacht club stays open all year.

Carnac villa holidays: questions answered

Nearby towns to Carnac

• Quiberon (121)
• Saint Philibert (28)
• Baden (25)
• La Trinité Sur Mer (25)
• Erdeven (13)
• Guidel (11)
• All of Morbihan