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Fascinating tours available here. Had a look around a French diesel-electric sub from the cold war, then had a guided tour around the German built submarine base from 1942. Well worth a visit, with one downside. The tour is in French language only outside a few months and selected days. Check the website for availability. Def NOT suited for anyone who struggles with stairs!

Shame it's not been more preserved and kept intact due to its historical significance, but still well worth the visit.

If you like historical war sites this is well worth a visit. Easy to find, easy parking and comprises of 3 main K submarine bunkers, K 3 for submerged U Boats and K 1 & 2 for pulled out subs. We took the tour in K 3 unfortunately not in English at all, the guide was passionate and talked non stop for the duration stopping at 4 key points for about 20 minutes each time which seemed like hours when you just want to see the pens and roof. This said we loved going to see and walk through the French 1964 submarine on display, really added to understanding the complexity and endurance of underwater crews, this was the highlight for me, the walk through museum was also ok with visual screens etc but the sub was tops 😁toilets available

It was an interesting museum to visit. There are several tours to choose from. We paid 31€ for the marine museum, which has hands-on activities, plus the submarine tour and K3 - where the submarines were built. I suggest pre booking tour tickets - all in French for the K3 bunker - to plan your day properly. Free parking is available adjacent to the venue. There are several cafés nearby for food and drinks. It would have been beneficial to have bi-lingual information boards plus direction signposts.

Caught an early train from Paris to Lorient to see this U-boat base. It was very interesting. Unfortunately, my time was limited, because the base did not open until 1 or 2pm, and my train returning to Paris was at 4pm. It was still worth it though. I have always wanted to see one of the U-boat pens. They really are an engineering and construction marvel. To stand at the edge of the dry dock, and just imagine what happened 80 years ago, is intriguing.

Great place to visit, alot of history. The submarine is worth seeing, if you can't get a booking online, ask at the desk by the submarine museum for a ticket, I got in even though the website said it was fully booked. Would come again

A stunning place it is found a new life in its current time and place . Impressive scenery around it and the tours of the two places inside it such as K3 and the submarine la flore. It is very unfortunate that they don't do English tours more often but the tours of The Only Way you can get inside the bunkers and the sub pens

They only run tours so pre booking is required. A good story on the building and how the people survived etc. Also there is a good kids playground along the pier front.