Detailed review by magdadh
magdadh
Perth, United Kingdom95%
The Crozon peninsula in western Finistere has three promontories like three fingers sticking out into Iroise Sea. Cap de la Chevre is the southernmost cape, Pointe de Pen-Hir is the middle one and Pointe des Espagnols is the northernmost one.
We start with Pointe de Pen-Hir. The holiday makers flock to the white beaches and the marina of Camaret Sur Mer (and those with a historical bent will want to see the UNESCO-listed Vauban Tower, part of the fortifications of the Goulet de Brest strait).
Beyond Camaret, the wind and sea do their work on the rocky cliffs, creating a rugged landscape of sparse vegetation and wonderfully varied rock formations. The views stretch south to Cap de la Chevre and beyond to Cap Sizun Peninsula with its Pointe du Raz and north as far as Pointe Saint-Mathieu. Islets and rocks dot the tumbling sea below and we sit in a sheltered spot, looking through a window in the rock towards where Canada must surely be. Below us, rock climbers scale the 200-feet cliffs.
Before the very end of the promontory, facing almost directly west, stands the Cross of Pen-Hir, the Monument to the Bretons of Free France, commemorating the Breton part in the Free France movement. The memorial was created in the late 1940's and is perhaps too overwhelmingly monumental for modern taste, but it speaks of its time and is worth walking up to to pay your respects and admire the spectacular location and the splendid outlook.
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