Discover the seashell road, at your own pace, told by local characters...

History great and small : diverse themes...

The salt marshes and salt pans, harvesting shellfish by hand, the history of the Port of Croisic, the story of Saint Guénolé,
the poetic language of the Paludiers, shellfish farming, the flora and fauna of the Presqu'île de Guérande,
oysters and their aphrodisiac virtues, the rule of the months spelled with an “R”,
the phenomenon of the tides, Bouchot mussels, the legend of their discovery,
the difference between wild and cultures mussels, the silting up of the Vilaine river,
the history of the lighthouse…


To help reveal her treasures and share her secrets : these interviews…

M. COIC, former Croisic restaurateur, offers his recipe for cockles
LAURENT DELPIRE, Attaché for conservation of historic monuments, illuminates the architecture of the houses of Croisic.
LAURENT BOULOT, Paludier on the Presqu'île of Guérande, describes the salt-making across the seasons.
FRÉDÉRICK MICH, oyster farmer, describes each phase of his work.
JEAN- CLAIR LE FLOCH, manager of a sail-cruising school, and
JEAN-SÉBASTIEN GAGNEUX, manager of a sailing club, speak of their passions.
CHRISTELLE FERNANDES, director of the museum, and PASCAL METAYER, descendant of a large mussel-farming family of the region, take you on a tour of a former lighthouse, now home to the House of Mussel Farming – La Maison de la Mytiliculture.
BERNADETTE RIVALAN, President of the Association of the Celtic Circle of Paludiers, helps us discover their culture, while GWENN TRIMAUD exposes traditional Breton instruments




Et des rencontres:

ALFRED DE MUSSET, ÉMILE ZOLA, GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE, HONORÉ DE BALZAC : writers and poets ;
an ASH-GREY HÉRON and an ELEGANT AVOCET : birds of the marshes ;
GUÉNOLÉ : saint ;
PATRICK WALTON, “discoverer” of Bouchot Mussels


7 Stages to discover and hear history… and its stories.
Commentaries read by actors with re-enactments, interviews, music…
Each Stage is a complete audio production of about 4 minutes.
Allovisitâ audio directions guide you along the circuit by car from one stage to the next.


Told by : Véronique Groux de Miéri, Christophe Caysac