Eco-gestures

Choose ‘clean’ transport

• Get around on foot or by bike and use marked trails so as not to destroy the vegetation. A hiking map showing all the routes is available at the Tourist Office.
• Use carpooling, the bus or the train. Carnac has a good bus service and there is a carpool pick-up/drop-off point at Le Purgatoire. During the summer, you can use the Carnavette, a free shuttle service, to get about, while the ‘tire-bouchon’ (summer train) connects Plouharnel to Quiberon.
• Drive only when necessary and park in authorised spaces and not on pavements, which may obstruct pedestrians and people with reduced mobility.

Respect the seaside

• Check whether fishing is authorised and respect maximum quantities and minimum sizes. You can learn about fishing techniques on organised shore-fishing excursions.
• Don’t throw cigarette butts in the sand: use reusable beach ashtrays.
• Don’t walk your dog on the beaches at Carnac
• Don’t bury your rubbish in the sand.
• Put each stone back in its place so as not to destroy marine life.

Protect the heritage

• Don’t take your dog to the megalithic sites (a rule that applies to State-managed sites)
• Don’t climb on the stones, take your rubbish away with you, but don’t take away any natural elements (stones, plants, etc.)
• Stick to the marked paths to avoid trampling the ground, which has a detrimental effect on the environment of the site.

Recycle your rubbish

• Recycle by placing packaging etc. in the yellow bin. Throw away household rubbish and put glass and cardboard in the relevant containers at the recycling centre. Waste-sorting guide.
• Don’t throw anything away in nature. Keep hold of your rubbish until you find a waste bin.
• Pick up your dog poo. You will find several poo-bag distributors in Carnac.

Save energy and water

• Choose environmentally friendly accommodation and activities
• If you’re staying in a hotel, don’t leave towels out to be washed every day
• Turn off the lights when you leave a room, avoid wasting water by taking a shower rather than a bath and turn down the heating at night
• Don’t leave devices on standby

Be a smart consumer

• Eat smart and local and contribute to local savoir-faire by choosing to buy regional produce that’s in season from the Carnac market on Wednesdays and Sundays