Family outings
Are you visiting the Alignments as a family? Discover all our offers!
Visits and activities
Discover our family activities
Get ready to explore the alignments with your children! These activities are available during the school holidays:
Buy tickets online or at the Maison des megalithes ticket office FAMILY TOURS
The family tour with a guide (1h) , suitable for young and old, will introduce you to the history of the sites in an original way.
For children aged 6 and overOutdoor tour of the site. Bring closed shoes and seasonal clothing. Consult the diary
Apprentice builders" workshop
Become a Neolithic apprentice builder and discover the secrets of menhir construction. After a guided tour of the Alignments and the Kermario dolmen, try out a number of archaeo-compatible techniques for moving and lifting megaliths. See facsimiles of Neolithic tools and watch a demonstration of how to make a cord from plant fibres.
Duration: 2.5 hours Workshop only open to children aged 7 and overVisit and workshop outdoors. Bring closed shoes and seasonal clothing.
Workshop in French.
C. Wachthausen, CMN
Prehistoric gestures" workshop
Guided tour of the Alignments and the Kermario dolmen. Introductory workshop to Palaeolithic and Neolithic gestures: thrusting, grinding wheat, polishing a stone and making a cord. Presentation of archaeo-compatible objects and tools.
Duration: 2.5 hoursWorkshop only open to children aged 7 and overVisit and workshop outdoors. Bring closed shoes and seasonal clothing.
Workshop in French.
C. Wachthausen, CMN
1, 2, 3 menhirs" workshop
Workshop to discover the Alignments of Carnac for children aged 4 to 6 in the company of their parents, through a visit adapted to toddlers and manual activities: puzzles, models and drawing.
Duration: 1h30
Visit outdoors. Bring closed shoes and seasonal clothing.
Workshop in French.
V. Lepage, CMN
Storytelling evening
At Carnac, the stones speak, but only the storytellers hear their stories. The storytellers offer to tell the public these stories, which will be combined for the occasion with the lecturer's speech. And so the journey "to the land of standing stones" can begin.
Duration: 2H
From 6 years old
Outdoor storytelling evening. Bring closed shoes and seasonal clothing.
Bring a blanket to sit on.
In French.
Virginie Lepage, CMN
Season brochure and map of the Alignments
Visiting advice
Take advantage of the footpaths
The alignments stretch for almost 4 km from Le Ménec to Kerlescan.
There's plenty of scope for a leisurely stroll along the alignments, with possible breaks in wooded areas. Ideal for stretching your legs after a long drive!
Where to eat?
Picnics are permitted around the alignments. Treat yourself to lunch or a snack overlooking one of the most beautiful panoramas in the region.
In July and August, "Le Verger", an ice-cream parlour set up in front of the Maison des Mégalithes at Le Ménec, offers a refreshing break before or after your visit.
Find out more about restaurants near the monument.
Free admission
Family visits are free for children under 7. Make the most of it!
Visit conditions
Visit with complete peace of mind!
- Pushchairs are allowed around the sites on the footpaths during the visit, as the ground is not laid out in the alignments, and because of the vegetation, it is difficult to roll them.