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At the foot of the Cap Fréhel lighthouse (Côtes-d’Armor), the unequal terrain coated with Ajoncs appears like an inhospitable heath; He wouldn’t come to anybody’s thoughts to set foot there. However, in 2018 once more, 150 parking areas had been held there. The aerial images of previous many years present a earthy and grated shoreline, invaded by the vacationer coaches and the automobiles that rolled gently to the falconnière, a restaurant sitting on a cliff overlooking the English Channel. The constructing was demolished to offer approach to a fowl statement terrace. From there, we completely distinguish, on the rocky islets dominating the ocean, quotes, seagulls, gulls and even two penguins. Cap Fréhel, the place the moor was as soon as crushed by car wheels, has turn out to be a pure web site once more.

A feat for land that welcomes 800,000 guests per yr. On this sunny Monday from the top of April, virtually a thousand individuals benefit from the web site. A dense crowd, however incomparable with the gang that swallows the extended weekends or throughout the summer season holidays. During the passage, offshore, from the Route du Rhum, which begins its sailboats from Saint-Malo each 4 years (Ille-et-Vilaine), as much as 30,000 individuals flock to the cliffs in a weekend.

To entry the lighthouse, it’s now essential to park in a car parking zone and stroll 200 meters on a dust street which winds between the Ajoncs, restricted by two steel filins. The previous street, closed by a cell barrier, was not convicted. Visitors in wheelchair or stroller can borrow it. A small queue was fashioned on the foot of the parking meter, to pay fee, 3 euros for 3 hours.

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