Les Moulins du Duc - Moelan-sur-Mer, Brittany

Chain:

RDS

Facilities:

• Disabled facilities with assistance
• Meeting facilities
• On-site manager
• Restaurant
• Sauna
• Swimming pool

Single room

Double / Twin Room

Triple room

Check-in Time:

15.00

Check-out Time:

12.00

Children & Extra Guest Policy:

Free extra bed for 1 child under 12 y.o. sharing room with parents. Meals to be paid locally.
2 children under 12 y.o. sharing room parents = triple room. Meals to be paid locally.

Local Attractions:

In a radius of 20 Km:
Moustoir building - Lorient
In the centre of Lorient, "The stilts" - that the nickname of this building a copy of the radiant cities promulgated by Le Corbusier and evidence of urban development in the 1950s.
Wooden Park - Lorient
The remnant of a "mast pit" from 1826? That's what they think today: the wood intended for naval building at that time was covered in mud in order to be protected from rotting. Whatever, this field of blackish posts is particularly impressive when exposed at low tide.
Church of Notre Dame de Victoire - Lorient
The people of Lorient calls it Saint-Louis. Built in reinforced concrete, looking over the Alsace-Lorraine Square, this is a successful result of modern urban design. It has a remarkable interior whose rotunda is lit by little yellow and black windows. Notice the Way of the Cross, outline drawings that evoke the drama of every stop.
Fishing port of Keroman - Lorient
Set out for the needs of industrial fishing , it is made up of two basins at right angles. An auction hall 600 metres long (you must see it in the morning when the freshly unloaded fish is sold according to a tradition which is impossible for an outsider to understand). There is a "Sea Station" with a loading bay for lorries heading to destinations all over France, an ice factory producing a cool 200 tons-a-day, and 1850m of quayside. This port is ready for all types of fishing all year round.
The "Thalassa" - Lorient
This scientific research boat has sailed 38 times round the world. Jul-Aug 9am-7pm; Sep-Jun, Mon-Fri (except Mon morning outside school holidays) 9am-12.30pm and 2-6pm, Sat-Sun and public holidays 2-6pm. After travelling the length and breadth of the globe, this oceanographic vessel, launched in 1960 by Ifremer, is enjoying a well-earned retirement at Lorient. The boat's three decks give visitors an insight into life on board, navigation techniques, trawling and oceanographic research. A visitors' centre, devoted to fishing techniques, also houses a temporary exhibition area.
Former Stosskopf Submarine Base - Lorient
A base built for its occupants, now defunct. The three large blocks that make up the base were built in 1941-43. The largest, "Keroman 3", is open to visitors. 170m long and 20m high, it housed submarines with graving docks. After the war, the French Navy took possession of the base and set up the second squadron of Atlantic submarines, disbanded in 1995. The only one like it in the world today, this base which can hold up to 30 submarines was built between 1941 and 1943. Disused since 1997, the base offers visitors an extremely desolate entourage but some beautiful sea views all the same. The base has been returned to Lorient and its reconversion is underway (Port Tabarly is to be created here).
Tabarly Academy - Lorient
In the submarine base the ships of the famous Nantes navigator. . Five of the Pen-Duick by Eric Tabarly (1921-1998) should be shown to the public in this space dedicated to the sea, the work of setting it up should begin in 2001.
Lorient dockyards
An arsenal specialising in the assembly of prefabricated war buildings. On the left the Gabriel pavilion of the East India Company has been reconstructed in its original style. The Scorff Arsenal has four basins allowing them to taking the largest sized ships. The D?couverte tower built in 1796, used to serve as a semaphore signalling tower and a lookout tower.
The ramparts - Concarneau
The assault of the ramparts! Unaccompanied visits year-round (except during school vacations): Mon-Fri, contact for opening hours; during tourist season, mid-Jun to mid-Sep: 9am-7.30pm. Loopholes in the ramparts provide several views of the city: the inner harbour, the moored trawlers, the sale of fish by auction.
The enclosed town - Concarneau
A promenade to discover the historical town. Its lanes make up an irregular shaped islet - 350 m long and 100 m wide - linked to the mainland by two small bridges which divide a fortified structure. Thick ramparts, built in the 14C and completed in the 17C surround this structure. Loopholes provide several views of the city: the inner harbour, the moored trawlers, and the wholesale fish market. The entrance to the enclosed town is one of the busiest places in Brittany. Here, one may discover the fortified inner court.
Concarneau Port
A very lively fishing port. Accessible to people of restricted mobility, Jul-Aug: daily 10am-7pm; Apr-Jun and Sep: daily 10am-noon, 2-6pm; Feb-Mar and Oct-Dec: daily 2-6pm. Events for children (1hr) during school vacations. Closed Jan, 25 Dec. The maritime laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History and of the Coll?ge de France is located on the Quay of La Croix. There, you can visit the Marinarium. Here you can see the old fish market where the wholesale fish market was held, the chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, and a small lighthouse.
The Fishing Museum - Concarneau
All the aspects of fishing. Accessible to people of restricted mobility, Jul-Aug: daily 9.30am-8pm; Sep-Jun: daily 10am-noon, 2-6pm. Closed last 3 weeks in Jan. Situated in the former naval dockyard, this museum clearly shows the evolution of fishing which goes from the ancient methods up to the most modern techniques. Some ten boats are reminiscent of the different traditional and modern fishing methods (whales, cod, tuna, sardine, herrings). One can also see the 1984 Commandant Garreau lifeboat or climb inside the Hemerica (trawler laid up in 1981) and imagine the life-size binnacle used by the fishermen.

Getting There:

Train: Quimperle 10 Km. & Lorient 27 Km.
By car: on thr RN 165 Exit Kervidannou