Malakoff Tower Villa

Built between 1854 and 1855 by a former mayor of Bois-Plage, René-Théodore Phélippot, it stands out from all the other houses on the island for its tower: a large belvedere, served by a wooden spiral staircase with 54 steps, inspired by the Phare des Baleines lighthouse with the same black and white compass rose motif at the foot and its inscription: ‘1854’, the date the semaphore lantern was lit.
The villa itself became a museum/cabinet of curiosities in 1962, with a collection of...