Practical information

Check this page in advance of your venue. Have a nice visit!

You will be safe

PLEASE NOTE: FOR ANY GUIDED TOUR OR ANIMATION WITH A GUIDE, PRESENT YOURSELF 30 MINUTES BEFORE AT THE RECEPTION. THE MEETING POINTS CAN BE DISTANT BY 1 TO 3 KM FROM THE RECEPTION BUILDING.

Mask wearing is recommended in closed spaces
Hydro-alcoholic gel will be at your disposal.

Opening hours

The reception, Maison des mégalithes, is open every day

MAY - JUNE : 9.30 am to 6 pm

JULY - AUGUST : 9.30 am to 7 pm

SEPTEMBER :

from 9.30 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm

OCTOBER to MARCH :

from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm

Price

Rates Guided tours

- Adult : 11 €

- From 7 to 17 years old and specific visitors : 6 euros

Students in Architecture; Pass des Mégalithes and others partnerships; disabled person and accompanying person

Pass des mégalithes :

5 sites partners : Alignements de Carnac, site des mégalithes de Locmariaquer, Musée de Préhistoire de Carnac, Cairn de Gavrinis et Cairn de Petit-Mont

- Under 7 years old (in family and except scolar group) : FREE

Access

Carnac Site mégalitique de Carnac
B.P. 152
56343 CARNAC cedexPh. : 02 97 52 29 81Fax : 02 97 52 60 03

GPS coordinatesLatitude : 47.5977Longitude : -3.0634Plan your route

BY CAR :

From Auray : direction Carnac - Quiberon - dépt. 768 up to Purgatoire roundabout and take dépt 119 direction Carnac (D 196 not allowed for bus in direction of west.)

Maison des mégalithes, follow Alignements du Ménec.

BY TRAIN

Auray station and bus up to Carnac

Schedule on : Breizhgo.bzh

Carnavette during summer (Implementation by Town Hall of carnac) : zenbus

Services and offers

Visit offer

Guided tours in the alignments (1h)

In English : from 10th July to 26th August at 3.30 pm

Please get more information at : Maison des mégalithes : 00 33 2 97 52 29 81

Exhibition at the Maison des mégalithes in free access

• « Dialoguer avec l'horizon : un siècle de couleurs à Carnac »

Autochromes du Musée départemental Albert Kahn et Photographies de l'artiste François de l'R

NEW Exhibition from June 2022 : "Les petits mégalitheurs - monuments en couleurs"

Downloadable application on smartphone :

Les Alignements de Carnac on Google play or Apple

Visiting conditions

In the alignments :

Visit without a guided tour : by the pedestrian ways around the alignments
Guided tours in foreign languages during summer, in French all year (schedule of visits / Online tickets sale)
Dogs are not allowed during guided tours, and in the reception, they are allowed kept on a leash on the pedestrian ways around the sites
Ground are not easy for strollers
A pedestrian way is arranged and accessible around the alignments, they allow the visitor to discover the sites from the outside (Ménec et Kermario - and soon from Manio to Kerlescan)
closed shoes are recommended in the alignments

Accessibility : please ask at the reception

> Visitors with reduced mobility : Alignements accessible depending on the state of the ground

> Blind and visually impaired visitors : the ways of circulation in the Alignments are not arranged. For your comfort of visit, It is recommended to come accompanied.

> Guide dogs and assistance dogs allowed.

> Benches of rest

Maison des mégalithes :