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Departements in Brittany: Côtes-d'Armor [ 2 ], Finistère [ 29 ], Ile-et-Vilaine [ 35 ] and Morbihan [56 ]

Cities in Brittany: Nantes [ formally situated outside the region ], Brest, Vannes, Quimper and Saint-Malo.

Capital City Brittany: Rennes


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Campsites & Caravanning

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI International Camping Guide  -  Brittany

Holiday Homes / Cottages / Apartments

    -   Holiday Cottages in Brittany

   -   Brittany
Cottages4you is the leading UK provider of self-catered holidays.

  Soleara   -   Cottages in France    
Cote d'Armor, Finistere, Ille et Vilaine, Loire Atlantique, and Morbihan.

   -   holiday park, apartment or villa
Discover Brittany from the comfort of your own holiday park, apartment or villa

Hotels in Bretagne / Brittany

  Hotels in Brittany
Hotels in Saint-Malo, Rennes, Le Mont Saint Michel, Dinan, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Brest, Fougères, Dinard, Vannes, Morlaix, Carnac, Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets, and more



  Hotels in Brest   -   Hotel Guide Brest

  Hotels in Rennes   -   Hotel Guide rennes

  Citéa Rennes **, 35 Rue d'Antrain, 35700 Rennes
The residence is located in a quiet residentiel district, in the immediate vicinity of the town centre.

  Best Western Ker Lann ***, Lieu Dit Ker Lann, 35170 Bruz
The Best Western Ker Lann Hotel is located just 10 minutes from Rennes town centre. Right next to the exhibition centre and only 2 kilometres from Rennes Airport. Pets alowed.

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

National Park / Nature Park

  Le parc d'Armorique 
Il présente une grande variété de paysages, de milieux et d'activités représentatives de la diversité paysagère, écologique, économique et culturelle de la Bretagne.
D'Ouest en Est, ce territoire recouvre plusieurs zones distinctes : les Íles de la Mer d'Iroise, la Presqu'île de Crozon, l'Aulne maritime and les Monts d'Arrée

Travel Agents / Tour Operators



  Gouelia Cruise [ traditional ship ]
  Thalasso Bretagne   -   Formules Bretagne
Formules Thalasso : Saint-Malo, Dinard, Perros-Guirec, Roscoff, Douarnenez, Bénodet, Carnac, Quiberon, Belle Ile en mer, Port-Crouesty, La Baule

Travel Guides Brittany / Related books

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brittany
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Brittany will lead you straight to the best attractions Brittany has to offer. Packed with detailed Brittany maps, this guide presents every facet of Brittany's unique appeal; from Brittany's rich cultural heritage, historic towns and villages, gorgeous landscapes, superb coastline, great food and abundant wildlife. This fully updated and expanded guide, details the best things to do in Brittany; from the ancient megaliths of Carnac and the medieval glories of Mont-St-Michel; the quaint backstreets of its walled towns to the quiet pleasures of its coastal and inland walks. Features include everything from the many exhilarating water sports available to the mouth-watering delights of Brittany's seafood, crepes and cider. The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Brittany has the essential information every visitor to Brittany needs to know, with dozens of reviews for hotels in Brittany, recommended restaurants and tips for shopping and entertainment. Don't miss a thing on your holiday with the DK Eyewitness Guide to Brittany.
Hardcover: 296 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Jun 2009); ISBN-10: 1405339144; ISBN-13: 978-1405339148.

Frommer's Brittany with Your Family
Ms Rhonda Carrier (Author)
Paperback: 256 pages; Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st Edition edition (3 April 2007); ISBN-10: 0470055251; ISBN-13: 978-0470055250.

Transport / How do I travel to Brittany

  Brest Airport   -   Aéroport de Brest
  Rennes Airport / St Jacques (RNS)   -   Aéroport de Rennes
  Dinard-Pleurtuit Airport [ DNR ]
Dinard-Pleurtuit airport is 10 km from Saint-Malo and is a quality alternative for tourist or professional trips.
  Montoir Airport (SNR)

 
Cheap flights and Budget flights to Brest [ in Summer ]

 
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  Airline Tickets /  Bargain Flights  
Flight tickets Brittany.

  Ryanair
  Aurigny Air Services

  -   Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
Rail Europe is the UK's leading supplier of European Rail tickets. Whether you want to take a short break or a fortnight, your train journey by Eurostar, and connection to Europe with the SNCF range of products, are available to book online.

   -   fantastic fares from all of the UK's major ports

   -   Dover - Calais / Portsmouth to Cherbourg / Portsmouth to Le Havre
P&O Ferries is one of the most well known and trusted brands. Wherever you are travelling to, on holiday or on business, P&O Ferries offers a wide range of routes.


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  Bretagne Nouvelle Vague

  Tourism in Bretagne

  Rennes   -   Capital City Brittany   -   Ville de Rennes
Rennes is the capital of Brittany and is the 10th biggest city in France. It s fine squares, pictureseque old quarters, timber-framed hotels, pedestrian-only streets, and its general liveliness make it a a very pleasant city to live in.
No description of Rennes is complete without mentioning the rivers running through it and their discreet, yet structured influence. The picturesque and colored wood on ancient buildings, the elegant and solemn stone facades blending granite and limestone are important architectural components in the Rennes of today and yesterday.

  Côtes-d'Armor [ 2 ]   -   Prefectuur Cotes-d'Armor   -   Conseil Général des Cotes d'Armor
  Finistère [ 29 ]  -  Finistere [ = end of the world ]
Douarnenez, the town with three harbour | Brest, town of the sea | Carhaix-Plouguer, between "Montagnes Noires" and "Monts d'Arrée" | Concarneau, the blue city | Locronan, one of the most beautiful village in France | Moelan, a land of welcome close to the Ocean | Between "Léon" and "Trégor": Morlaix, town of the viaduct | Plouguerneau, the seaweed harvesters country | Plouhinec, in the middle of moors and stones | Pont-Aven, city of the painters | Quimper, capital of the "Cornouaille"
  lle-et-Vilaine [ 35 ]   -   Ille-et-Vilaine
Bécherel, town of the book | Châteaugiron, from middle ages to computing | Combourg, cradle of Romantism | Dinard, the style "Belle Epoque" | Fougères, guardian of Brittany | La Guerche-de-Bretagne | Paimpont, in the heart of Brocéliande forest
Redon, the frontier | Rennes, the multicultural | Vitré, the seductress with accents from middle ages
  Morbihan [56 ]   -   Morbihan   -   South Brittany
Arradon, a family resort of the Morbihan gulf | Arzon, one town for two harbour : Port-Navalo and Port -Crouesty | Auray, high place of the "chouannerie" | Belle île en mer | Carnac, mystery of megaliths | Erdeven, country of dunes and megaliths | Etel, the tuna fish town | Hennebont, the horse centre of Morbihan | Josselin, on the duke's of Brittany road | La Roche-Bernard, "cité de caractère" (town of historical interest) on the banks of the Vilaine | Le Faouët, charms of center-Brittany | Lizio, rich flavoured small town of historical interest | Lorient, strong maritime identity | Malestroit, the pearl of Oust | Pénestin, the gold of the Vilaine and the Atlantic | Ploërmel, gates of Brocéliande | Pontivy, two atmospheres for one city | Port-Louis, guardian of the Lorient harbour | Rochefort-en-Terre, a town of historical interest covered of flowers | Sarzeau, fortified heart of the Rhuys peninsula | La Trinité-sur-Mer, favourite call of the "Sailing clique" | Vannes, old town of the Dukes of Brittany.

  Loire Atlantique
Bourgneuf-en-Retz, at the gates of the Brittany swamp | Carquefou, a city in country | Châteaubriant, fortified town of the Marches of Brittany | Guérande, town of the "paludiers" | Saint-Lyphard, heart of the "Grande Brière" | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, seaside resort of the Jade coast | Nantes, old capital of the Dukes of Brittany | Saint-Nazaire, charm of the harbour town

  Brest [ Finistère ]  -  Office de Tourisme - Brest métropole océane
Brest is located amidst dramatic landscape at the end of a natural bay, at the west end of the Britanny peninsula. Its protected location means that it is ideal to receive any type of ship, from the smallest dinghy to the biggest airplane carrier. It is at the heart of Brittany.
A few kilometres out of town, there are more impressive landscapes, from sandy beaches to tall granite cliffs . Sunbathing, windsurfing, yachting and fishing are practised in the area. However, even in the middle of summer, Brittany can be stormy, due to its location in the far northwest of France.
  Brest  -  Ville de Brest 
  Brest  -  Urban community Brest
Brest, Guipavas, Plougastel-Daoulas, Plouzané, Le Relecq-Kerhuon, Guilers, Gouesnou, Bohars
  Carnac  -  Tourist Board Carnac
Carnac is a village and commune in the Gulf of Morbihan, on the south coast of Brittany and famous as the site of more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones. The stones were hewn from local rock, and were erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany.
  Dinan  -  lone of the most beautiful cities in Brittany
Perched on a steep-sided bank 75 metres above the river Rance, the town of Dinan boasts one of the richest collections of architectural heritage in Brittany and is justifiably proud of its crowning ring of ramparts measuring 2 700 metres in length and with 14 defensive or lookout towers, 4 monumental gateways and an enormous keep built for Duke Jean IV.
The town of Dinan has retained all the charm of its past: its historic streets are still bordered by 15 th and 16 th century half-timbered houses with pointed gables, overhanging upper storeys and wooden porches, by Renaissance town houses, tall residences dating from the Enlightenment period, Romanesque and Gothic churches, ancient convents, chapels and many shops.
  Commune de Guengat  -  close to Quimper
  Plomelin  -  Marie de Plomelin 
  Plogonnec  -  Marie de Plogonnec
Beachess : ... de la baie de Douarnenez : Kervel, Sainte Anne La Palud et Tréfeuntec (Plonevez-Porzay). Les plages du Riz (Douarnenez) et des Sables Blancs (Tréboul). All these beaches are about twelve to fifteen km from Plogonnec.
  Quimper  -  capital city of la Cornouaille
  Saint Jacut de la Mer  -  Emerald Coast
Saint Jacut plunges in a picturesque peninsula Bay : The archipelago of Ebihens, centre point of the so colourful Emerald Coast
  St.-Malo [ Côte d'Emeraude ]
Founded in the 6th century by the welsh monks Mac Low, Saint Malo was first established on the Alet Peninsula. In the 12th century, Bishop Jean de Chatillon transferred his bishopric on to the rock which now supports the foundations of the old city.
At the end of the 15th century, because of her two marriages (first with Charles VIIIth and their with Louis XIIth, the Duchess Anne annexed the Dukedom of Brittany to the Kingdom of France.
Thanks to its seafares and merchant shipowners, who commissioned vessels to Eastern Indies, China, Africa and The Americas, the City enjoyed prodigious prosperity in the XVII and XVIIIth centuries; Jacques Cartier discovered Canada, the privateers Duguay-Trouin and Surcouf contributed to Saint-Malo's outstanding prestige.

25 largest cities and villages in Brittany
Rennes, Brest, Quimper, Lorient, Vannes, Saint-Malo, Saint-Brieuc, Lanester, Fougères, Concarneau, Lannion , Ploemeur, Morlaix, Douarnenez, Vitré, Cesson-Sévigné, Landerneau, Pontivy, Hennebont, Bruz, Guipavas, Plérin, Plougastel-Daoulas, Plouzané, Auray .

  Baie de Saint-Brieuc  -  Plérin-sur-Mer, Pordic, Saint-Brieuc and Hillion
Stretching from the Hillion Peninsula to Pordic headland, Saint-Brieuc Bay invites you to discover a 30-mile sweep of coastline combining cliffs, beaches and unspilt creeks.
Saint-Brieuc Bay is a site of exceptional diversity : with the vast sandy beach of les Rosaires, the headland cliffs of Pordic, the marshes and inlet of Yffiniac, the Hillion peninsula, the woodlands of Plédran, and the historic centre of Saint-Brieuc ...
The 14 communes of the bay are expecting you, just waiting for the opportunity to let you explore their rich maritime, natural history, historical and architectural heritage.
The Saint-Brieuc Bay is enchanting all the year round. So do not wait any longer, let yourself be carried away!!!
  Bay of Audierne
  Cote d'Emeraude [ Emerald Coast / North Coast ]
  Côte de Goëlo
  Cote de Granit Rose [ North Coast ]
  Côte de Penthièvre
  Crozon
  Ouest-france.com
  Pays de Matignon
  Pays de Vannes
  Plancot, Val d'Arguenon  -  Office de Tourisme
At the crossroads of the Emerald coast, the Penthièvre coast and the medieval city of Dinan, discover the Val d'Arguenon. You will enjoy the pleasure and activities of the sea : sailing, diving and looking for shellfish along the beaches. You will discover the rich heritage of the past with castles, chapels, megalithic monuments and traditions. You will be fascinated by the subtle charm of the countryside : wild Arguenon valley, many lakes and rivers… and country walks will reveal to lovers of nature its wilder and secret aspects.

  Megalith  -  Menhirs, Dolmen, Allée couverte, Tumulus
A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones.
The French Comte de Caylus was the first to describe the Monuments of Carnac. Legrand d'Aussy introduced the terms menhir and dolmen, both taken from the Breton language, into antiquarian terminology. He interpreted megaliths as gallic tombs.
  Menhir
A menhir is a large, single upright standing stone (monolith or megalith), of prehistoric European origin. See Wikipedia

  Bretagne Nouvelle Vague
  Oceanopolis
  Radio  -  Radio Ocean  -  radio of South Brittanny, de Quimper à Quiberon

Cuisine  -  Breton Cooking

Best Breton Recipes 
By Raymonde Charlon, Claude Herledan (Illustrator), Angela Moyon (Translator)
Paperback 32 pages (July 1997); Publisher: Editions Ouest-France
Loving Breton Cuisine  
By Jacques Thorel, Claude Herledan (Illustrator)
Paperback 128 pages (December 1995); Publisher: Editions Ouest-France 

History of Brittany

  Brittany's History  -  Wikipedia
Human habitation in the area now called Brittany goes back to the late Paleolithic, or Epi-Palaeolithic, period. Megaliths erected in the 5th millennium BC are the best known Neolithic remains. Roman sources record the tribes of the Veneti, Armoricani, Osismii, Namnetes and Coriosolites as inhabiting the area in the iron age...
Contens : Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze age, Iron Age, Roman rule, Early Middle Ages, Middle Ages, Modern Times

The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany   -   by Aubrey Burl
The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised book The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeo-astronomy as related to stone circles, and includes a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
Hardcover 478 pages (June 1, 2000); Publisher: Yale University Press

Music, Culture & Entertainment

  Music of Brittany  -  see Wikipedia
Traditional Breton music: Vocal music,  Kantik, Gwerzioù and sonioù, Chants de marins,  Chanteurs engagés, Instrumental music

  Aprem'Jazz de Quimper
  Asteria 
  Festival Cornouaille
Since 1923, in the year of its creation by Louis Le Bourhis, till now the Cornouaille Festival has become a true symbol : its history and development are interconnected with that of Bretagne and its people.
  Gauguin
A region has seldom seen its landscape being travelled up and down, scrutinized, redesigned or dreamed about by painters. Because of its diversity, the « pays of Cornouaille » has been the muse (and continues to be) and an exceptional welcoming region for all these dream chasers who came down in masses. But, most of all, this transcedental region, arroused the quest of idealistic beauty.
  Semaines Musicales de Quimper [ music weeks Quimper ]

 
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