Phare du Stiff, Ushant

Name: Phare du Stiff
Address: Ushant, France

#2 among attractions in Ushant

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The Stiff lighthouse is one of the lighthouses of the island of Ouessant in Finistère. It has been classified as a historical monument since July 12, 2011.

In 1699, Vauban decided to build two truncated cone-shaped towers at the top of the Stiff cliff, the highest point on the island of Ushant, one housing the staircase, the other the guards' lodgings and the coal storehouse, which can still be identified in the building's architecture. It is one of the first 6 lighthouses built by Vauban and one of the oldest lighthouses in France still in operation after Cordouan.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°28'29"N, 5°3'24"W

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Phare du Stiff – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Créac'h Lighthouse, Nividic Lighthouse, Bannec, La Jument.

3.5 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Créac'h Lighthouse, Ushant
89 min walk • Phare du Créac'h or Kreac'h lighthouse or Créac'h lighthouse is a lighthouse in Ushant, France. It is the most powerful in Europe and one of the most powerful in the world. It stands close to La Jument lighthouse and the Nividic lighthouse. It is a listed monument since 2011.
4.8 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Nividic Lighthouse, Iroise National Nature Reserve
122 min walk • Nividic Lighthouse is one of five major lighthouses on Ouessant in Brittany. The others are the Phare du Créac'h, the Stiff lighthouse, Kéréon and La Jument. Built in 1912, the Phare de Nividic was the first automatic lighthouse in the world. It is a listed monument since 2017.
3.8 miSE
Area
Bannec, Iroise National Nature Reserve
98 min walk • Bannec or Banneck, Banneg in Breton is an uninhabited French island in the Iroise Sea close to the city of Brest in Brittany. It is situated at the northwestern end of the Molène archipelago, 4 km from the island of Ushant.
5.3 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
La Jument, Iroise National Nature Reserve
136 min walk • La Jument is the name of a lighthouse at the Northwestern part of France, Brittany. The lighthouse is built on a rock about 300 metres from the coast of the island of Ushant, which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France.
7.1 miSE
Memorial
Drummond Castle exhibition, Molène
181 min walk • The SS Drummond Castle was a steamship built in 1881 by John Elder & Co. of Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, for D. Currie & Co. and later operated by the Castle Mail Packet Company. The ship sank on 16 June 1896 off Ushant.
2.9 miSE
Lighthouse
Lighthouse Kereon, Iroise National Nature Reserve
75 min walk • Kéréon is a lighthouse which rises on the Men Tensel reef between Ouessant and Molène on the Fromveur passage in the Iroise sea.

Phare du Stiff, Ushant

Facts and practical information

Phare du Stiff – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Créac'h Lighthouse, Ushant

Nividic Lighthouse, Iroise National Nature Reserve

Bannec, Iroise National Nature Reserve

La Jument, Iroise National Nature Reserve

Drummond Castle exhibition, Molène

Lighthouse Kereon, Iroise National Nature Reserve