Located on the Armorican Atlantic wall, the Morbihan gulf (‘small sea’ in Breton) gave its name to the department.

To see in the Gulf

To see: Megalithic site of Carnac, the Quiberon wild coast, the port of Trinité-sur-Mer with its racing yachts, the Berder peninsula, the island of Gavrinis and its remarkably sized Cairn, l'île aux Moines, called 'the pearl of the Gulf’, the island of Arz, rural and green with a great coastal path, Belle Ile en mer, the largest of the Brittany islands with its wild coast, Le Palais and Sauzon ports, ,the island of Houat, authenticity and splendour of the natural landscapes and Hoedic, ‘the little duck';
Not forgetting the Suscinio castle, the ria d'Etel,and the jewel in the crown St Cado!