Brittany

Brittany is a region with a strong identity, with an exceptional culture and heritage, breathtaking landscapes and natural places that strechtes between Armor, land of sea, and Argoat, land of the forest.

Must see cities and museums will enable you to understand culture, sports, festivals of this region. Brittany offers a range of possibilities to organize an amazing stay full of fun, relax and unforgettable memories.

Brittany is a region rich of coasts among which there is the Emerald Coast, where fishing villages are located next to the famous seaside resorts. Discover Mont-Saint-Michel, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, Cancale, with its beautiful beaches and its renowned fish, Saint-Malo, the famous corsair city, Dinan, medieval city, Dinard, famous for its "Belle Epoque" charm, and Cap Frehel, amazing village with its cliffs overlooking the sea.

Other wonderful coasts are the coast of Goelo, where you will discover the legendary Paimpol and the Bréhat Island, called the flower island, and the Pink Granite Coast, famous for its beautiful carved rocks.

On the Iroise Sea Coast you will discover the Pointe du Raz, a beautiful natural site, the Isle of Ouessant, last territory before America, the Isle of Sein and its majestic landscape, Menez-Hom, one of the sacred mountains of Brittany on top of which you can admire Douarnenez, the Pointe du Van, the Crozon peninsula, Brest, Locronan.

Certainly worth a visit the Coast of Cornwall with its archipelago Glénan, and its historical villages like Quimper, Pontaven, Concarneau.

Discover then the coast of Megaliths, the bay of Quiberon and the Gulf of Morbihan, the Island of Groix, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Île aux Moines, Vannes and Carnac.

Brittany is also a land rich of heritage and architecture that reflects the Christian and Celtic influences strechting from the megaliths of Morbihan to the parishes of Lower Brittany. Admire the museums and medieval old town of Rennes, the monuments and museum of Brest, the Cathedral of Dol-de-Bretagne, the narrow streets of Saint Brieux, the half-timbered houses of Lannion, the houses with wooden structure of Morlaix, the buildings of Roscoff, Locronan and its square.

Do not forget to visit the amazing church of Saint-Thégonnec, Guimiliau and Sizun, the peninsula of Plougastel-Daoulas.

Explore the most intimate nature parks of Brittany hiding, for example, the legendary forest of Brocéliande.

Brittany is also a land of festivals such as:

• Festival du Bout du Monde in Crozon

• Festival des Vieilles Charrues in Carhaix-Plouguer

• Festival Etonnants Voyageurs in Saint-Malo

• Festival de Cornouaille in Quimper

• Festival des Filets Bleus in Concarneau

• Festival Interceltique of Lorient

Do not miss the great marine events like the Route du Rhum, the race Solitaire du Figaro or the Week of the Gulf of Morbihan.

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