The history of the hotel is bound up with that of the Saint Michel tumulus.

The first stone of the building was laid in 1900 by Zacharie Le Rouzic, an archeologist of some renown in Carnac and the surrounding region. He was later, along with James Miln, to give his name to the Museum of Prehistory.

For it was this Scot who had introduced Zacharie Le Rouzic to pre-history when he was a boy.

Thanks to his friend and sponsor Charles Keller, Zacharie was able, at the age of 36, to commence a dig at the Saint Michel tumulus, a prestigious monument at the highest point in Carnac. He bought land at the foot of this monument to build a little welcome point where future visitors could come and buy his photographs, brochures and post cards aready for sale at the museum, and also refreshments.

In October 1901 he and his family moved to “Kerdolmen”, a house which would later become the Tumulus Hotel.


In the 20s, Zacarie Le Rouzic’s eldest daughter, Julienne, extended the property by adding a new building and opened the “Saint Michel Tumulus Hotel”.

Towards the end of the 30s, the youngest daughter, Joséphine, took over running the hotel from her elder sister and built a large dining room with panoramic views which was opened in 1939, just before the war.
At the beginning of the 70s, bungalows with private gardens were added to the main building.

On the death of Joséphine, her daughter, Mauricette Jacq, inherited the property which she had already been running for some time. All her regular guests remember the warm welcome she extended to everyone who stayed there. She passed away very young in 1979 and left the property to her own daughter, aged 18 at the time, who took over running the hotel.