Megaliths of Locmariaquer / Merchants' Table — Attraction in Lorient

When I arrived at the visitor centre's free car park at 1pm, surprised that it was closed: I had forgotten about the French Long Lunch. I used the available time to refuel in Locmariaquer returning just before 2pm. A coach had arrived in the interval so I joined the queue. After 15 minutes I bought my ticket at the reception: 6 euros for 3 huge megalithic sites. That's what I call a bargain. I watched an interpretation video of the sites using English commentary headphones. You can join a guided tour or do as I did, walk round on your own. There is no restriction on the time you spend at the sites except for the closing times. I spent a leisurely 90 minutes soaking up the antiquity of these impressive momuments. This is an unmissable place to visit.

La Table des Merchants is a cairn constructed in 1993 around the surviving naked dolmen for the preservation of the antiquity. It was interesting to see the carved rear stone and ceiling in the chamber. However, the new cairn reminds me of the reconstructed cairn at Newgrange. I prefer my ancient monuments...

A key site among the extensive megalith sites in France. Astonishing. Unless you are in the area for more than two days, try to arrive well before noon or after 2 pm. There is much you can see from outside the fence containing the site, but admission is worth a closer look and feel. The reception center has a gift shop, screening room, and aboriginal art on display - nice. Very near the sea, and the weather can change from sunny to foggy to rain with three...

Wonderful reconstruction of one of the most inportant archaeological sites in whole Breizh and in France. The explanations are very useful, especially the very accurate video from the main center, which also has very interesting books in the gift shop area if you want to get deeper into the topic. The view is simply astonoshing and highly recommendable. Greetings from Asturies et...