Comment se rendre sur l'île Saint-honorat ?
Comment se rendre sur l'île Saint-honorat ?
La traversée en bateau pour les Iles de Lérins dure environ 15 à 20 minutes. La compagnie maritime Planaria est la seule compagnie à vous transporter vers l'île Saint Honorat. Nos bateaux assurent la traversée vers les Iles de Lérins tous les jours, toute l'année au départ du quai des îles à Cannes.
Quelle est la superficie de l'île Saint-honorat ?
40 ha L'île Saint-Honorat Cette île d'une superficie de 40 ha, abrite une communauté monastique et présente pas moins de sept chapelles réparties sur l'île.
Where is Île Saint-Honorat?
- The Île Saint-Honorat is the second largest of the Lérins Islands, about a mile off shore from the French Riviera town of Cannes. The island is approximately 1.5 kilometers in length (East to West) and 400 meters wide. Since the fifth century, the island has been home to a community of monks .
What is it like to visit St Honorat?
- St Honorat is a quite, calm place to visit. There are no motor vehicules (with the exception of the occassional monastery tractor tending the vines), a rule of silence around the monastery and a rule of quiet for the island, and a limited number of visitors.
How did Saint Honorat get its name?
- Saint Honorat, the smallest of the two Lerins Islands just off the coast of Cannes, is named after Saint Honoratus who established an abbey here in the year 410.
What is the significance of Saint Honoratus?
- Saint Honoratus settled on the island of Lerina at the end of the 4th century, and is sister moved onto the larger island of Saint Margurite. When enough followers had joined him, St Honoratus built his monastery, and that grew in importance until it became one of the most powerful in all Christendom.
