Happiness has new coordinates: 46°43'N, 2° 21'W. Ten kilometres long and a maximum of 3.7 kilometres wide, it hides in the Atlantic. Its name: Île d'Yeu.
An island 18 kilometres from the coast of the Vendée. And light years away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The island is characterised by bends, pastures, small woods and scattered hamlets. A long white to golden-yellow strip of sandy beach lines the east coast. Then again, hidden idyllic bays with names such as Plage des Soux or Plage des Vieilles beckon. The south-west coast is wilder - the Côte Sauvage. During the Second World War, the Île d'Yeu was in the hands of the German Wehrmacht, which built bunkers and observation posts.
Today, like the majestic Vieux Château on the west coast, they are ruins surrounded by nature. It is maritime and very picturesque. With dunes, heathland and thousands of seabirds that rest and breed here. This is exactly where this photo was taken.
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