The island Molène

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Located 15 km from the West Coast, you can get to on the shuttle from the shipping company Penn-ar-Bed at the start of Conquet or Brest.

Ile Molène - Gîtes de Kerscao (29)

Mullein Island - Bed of Kerscao (29)

When your day of scenery on the island, enjoy the tranquility and scenery of this island marked by the many shipwrecks that occurred around the ship including the Drummond Castle.

After hitting a rock on the night of June 16, 1896, it sank in 15 minutes in the passage of Fromveur, and left only three survivors of the 361 people on board. The islanders were so distinguished in relief and in treating many bodies running aground on the island, and were thanked by Queen Victoria, as a fresh water tank and a clock for the church of the island.