Outdoor Pitstop
The story
Audio tour · Phare de Cordouan
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You're standing at the Cordouan lighthouse, on a small rocky islet about seven kilometres off the French coast, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary. Look up. The tower is 67.5 metres tall and narrows as it rises. It's the oldest lighthouse in France that's still in service. Its nickname? The Versailles of the sea.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
