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Chance to spend a night as a ‘lighthouse keeper’ on Brittany island

This renovated lighthouse keeper’s cottage provides an unusual weekend stay option

Video: Helicopter in near-miss crash next to Brittany lighthouse

The aircraft overbalanced and began plummeting to the rocks below before the pilot regained control

Meet one of France's last on-site lighthouse keepers

Benoît Jenouvrier, is one of the country's last keepers to live full-time at his lighthouse - Cordouan lighthouse in the Gironde - when on duty

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France's oldest lighthouse is 'unique in the world'

The Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, is France’s 2021 candidate for a place on the Unesco World Heritage list

Around the lighthouses of France in just 19 hours

Connexion reader Geoff Scott has seen more of France than most. He flew over almost every French lighthouse – in a light aircraft

Brittany’s phares are more than coastal highlights

Brittany has the world’s greatest concentration of lighthouses, with 27 classed as historic monuments. Most are in Finistère and eight are open to the public.

Lighthouse home with pool and sauna on sale for €1.5m

An old Breton lighthouse that has been completely renovated into a six-person studio and home, complete with pool and sauna, is on sale for €1.56 million.

Work to save tower fit for a king

The Cordouan lighthouse was conceived as a beacon and a palace. After centuries of saving lives, continuous work is needed to protect this historic monument

Lighthouse

Chance to spend a night as a ‘lighthouse keeper’ on Brittany island

Video: Helicopter in near-miss crash next to Brittany lighthouse

Meet one of France's last on-site lighthouse keepers

France's oldest lighthouse is 'unique in the world'

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Brittany’s phares are more than coastal highlights

Lighthouse home with pool and sauna on sale for €1.5m

Work to save tower fit for a king