About a mile and a half from Roscoff is the small island of Batz, home to about 500 residents. The island is mostly car free, and it’s small enough that you can get anywhere easily by bike or even by foot. In spite of being open for tourists, it retains an authentic feel.
We took the ferry from Roscoff, walking down a long elevated pier to get to the boat since the tide was out. When we returned, the ferry landing was much closer to shore as the tide was back in by the time we returned.
The island is small, less than 2 miles in its longest dimension. We rode most of the roads and visited the amazing botanical garden and tried to get into the lighthouse and museum, which opens after July 1. The botanical garden Georges Delaselle is a historic botanical garden that has a long history and is certainly worth visiting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_Georges_Delaselle
with many bees
Dinner tonight was fabulous! Oysters, onion soup made with a special local onion, seafood soup, sea bass with mashed potatoes and parsley aioli (Chris) and monkfish wrapped in bacon with sautéed vegetables. (Jacques)
And then we took a last walk past the church and returned to our hotel. Lovely evening.
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