Carnac alignments

The day starts at Ménec’s gate, where two long ribbons of granite flank your path and a site guide mentions Zacharie Le Rouzic’s early digs as gulls wheel over Quiberon Bay. You trace eleven stone rows tapering toward Kermario, then glance to the Saint-Michel tumulus—about 125 meters long—topped by a chapel. Before lunch, slip over to the quieter Mané-Kerioned dolmens and breathe the seaweed tang in Saint-Colomban. Afternoon light works wonders along the wild coast from Port-Coton to Port-Blanc, the swell carving gneiss like a patient sculptor.

Based in Vannes, your dedicated driver collects you at the hotel and keeps the Mercedes at your disposal from roughly 9 am to 6 pm. You explore while he drives: Vannes–Carnac is about 30 km (40 minutes), and Carnac–Quiberon usually takes 35 minutes off-peak, with the Prehistory Museum slotted around the weather. Flexibility is the rule—guided or self-led time at the alignments, an oyster stop in Saint-Philibert, a photo break at Kerbihan’s lookout. While you lunch on galettes or flat oysters, he handles parking, access, and timing adjustments.