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Between Lorient and Quimper, like a shepherd watching over his flock, Doëlan lighthouse guards the entrance of the harbor Doëlan, always lively in the evening on returning from fishing.

More than a lighthouse, we must speak of a set of lights: the alignment of the upstream flagship red, inside and downstream of the lighthouse, green, at the end of the coast indicates the way forward for sea, to enter the port, housed in the estuary of the river from Clohars-Carnoët ...

Built in the mid-nineteenth century, the lights were raised in 1934 due to the increased number of houses ... Having lost its fish processing factories, the area became a residential area which has retained the authenticity and charm of the countryside of southern Brittany, near Cornwall, thanks to its twin headlights, dressed in different colors. ..

Since the keeper's house at the foot of the lighthouse upstream, leaving the hiking trails along the coastal paths, cliffs, along the sea beautiful and wild ...