Visit the Salt Marshes...  

 Over the centuries in Southern Brittany, man and the ocean have shaped the Guérande peninsula into the most northerly salt marshes in Europe. >From Guérande in the south to Assérac in the north, they stretch for over 2,000 hectares of clay soil across 9 communes, forming a real “marine meadow”.

For centuries, salt workers have been the heirs to and guardians of a unique heritage. A salt worker is a magician: he takes a drop of water and extracts a grain of salt. The job of a salt worker is one of the few agricultural professions to use a technique that does not involve mechanisation or the addition of chemicals. This traditional production technique is used to produce quality salt and preserve an outstanding environment.