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their earliest days to the age of Passion of Christ were
digital communications, and carved on it to convert it
a Planetarium, with a screen into a Christian monument.
measuring 600 sq m (6,460 sq ft).
Opposite the planetarium is O Maison LPO
the reconstruction of a Gaulish Île Grande. Tel (02) 96 91 91 40. Open
settlement, the Le Village Apr–May: Sat–Sun pm; Jun, Sep &
Gaulois. This whole complex school hols: daily pm; Jul–Aug: Mon–
goes under the name Cosmopolis. Fri, Sat & Sun pm. Closed Oct–Mar. &
E Cité des Télécoms
Tel (02) 96 46 63 80. Open Apr–Jun & w Trégastel-Plage
A beach at the popular coastal resort Sep: Mon–Fri, Sat–Sun pm; Jul–Aug: Road map C1. 6 km (4 miles) west
of Trébeurden daily; Oct–Mar: Mon–Fri, & Sun pm. of Perros-Guirec via the D788.
Closed Jan. &
0 Trébeurden £ Lannion. * 2,290. n Place
E Planetarium Ste-Anne; (02) 96 15 38 38. ( Mon.
Road map C1. 7 km (4 miles) Tel (02) 96 15 80 30. Open Jul–Aug: _ Fest-noz (Jun); 24 Heures de la
northwest of Lannion via the D65. daily; during school holidays. Voile (mid-Aug).
£ Lannion. * 3,540. n Place Closed Jan. & ∑ planetarium-
de Crec’h-Héry; (02) 96 23 51 64. bretagne.fr This resort is famous for the
( Tue. _ Fest-noz (Jul); concerts blocks of pink granite that rise
(Wed in summer). ∑ tourisme- E Le Village Gaulois up behind its beaches, Plage
trebeurden.com Tel (02) 96 91 83 95. Open Easter–Jun du Coz-Pors and Plage de
& Sep: Mon–Fri pm, Sun pm; Jul–Aug: Grève-Blanche. The orientation
A popular coastal resort, daily. & ∑ levillagegaulois.org table between these two
Trébeurden has several beautiful beaches offers a splendid
beaches either side of Le Castel, Environs panorama of the coast and
a rugged peninsula with pink The Île Grande, north of of the countryside inland.
granite rocks. The Île Milliau, Trébeurden, is accessible via At the Aquarium Marin,
opposite the peninsula, is a bridge on the D788. As housed in a cave,
accessible at low tide. More than well as beaches and visitors can see fish
270 species of plants grow there. footpaths, the island and other marine
The island was inhabited 7,000 has an ornitho logical life of the waters
years ago; evidence of human centre. The Maison around Brittany.
habitation is a Neolithic passage LPO, a centre set up Kerguntuil, 2 km
grave, the Allée Couverte de by an organization for (1 mile) south, on
Prajou-Menhir, 14 m (46 ft) long the protection of birds, the D788 towards
and with carvings on its stones. high lights the rich Trebeurden, is of
The Marais du Quellen, behind flora and fauna of the Board for Aquarium interest for its
Plage de Goas-Trez, attracts Sept-Îles archipelago. Marin, Trégastel Neolithic passage
snipe, teal grebe and other birds. Tours are also grave and dolmen.
organized from here. The Menhir
de St-Uzec, 2 km (1 mile) from  Aquarium Marin
q Pleumeur-Bodou Penvern, is a standing stone 8 m Boulevard de Coz-Pors. Tel (02) 96 23
(26 ft) high, one of the finest in 48 58. Open Jul–Aug: daily; rest of
Road map C1. 6 km (4 miles) north-
west of Lannion via the D65 then the Brittany. In the 17th century, a year: times vary, check website. &
D21. £ Lannion. * 4,000. n 11 cross and a depiction of the ∑ aquarium-tregastel.com
Rue des Chardons; (02) 96 23 91 47.
( Sat. ∑ pleumeur-bodou.com
Bristling with giant antennae
that provide worldwide
communication, Pleumeur-
Bodou is well known as the site
of the telecommunications
centre where the first satellite
link between the United States
and Europe was made, in 1962.
The radar dome, a gigantic
sphere 50 m (160 ft) high, is
open to visitors. In the Cité des
Télécoms, there’s a museum
tracing the 150-year history of
telecommunications from The futuristic Cité des Télécoms, Pleumeur-Bodou
For hotels and restaurants see pp225–6 and pp235–7

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