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Stay in Brittany

 

Brittany, country of legends

Brittany, on the coast or in the countryside always surprises with the variety of its landscapes with its menhirs and places, present in the medieval literature, it preserves from the "Cote d'Emeraude" to the "Pays Bigouden" a very particular character and a great mystery.

People who love nature will appreciate the GR. 34 formerly coastguard path on the basis of Saint-Nazaire to lead to the Mount Saint-Michel.

Brittany, country of corsairs offers today nautical activities more peaceful and the boats leaving   Saint-Malo don't her Gracious Majesty's ships but measure in regattas suchas the Road of Rum.

Balneal tourism amply developed mainly on the littoral with headlights cities like Dinard, Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Trégastel, offering to the tourist all the beauty of their villas with coloured frontages, who inspired many painters.

Due to its natural protection, Brest, military and commercial port has a marina a marina from where it's easy to go to the the peninsulas of Plougastel-Daoulas and Crozon.

Breton tourism is as much gastronomical tourism based on fish and the seafood which one will taste at the terraces of the restaurants of the fishing ports but also famous Breton pancake, and biscuit.

Brittany's countryside presents charm as well. Crossed by rivers, strewn with lakes, it has splendid forests, seat of legends like that of King Arthur and Knights of the Roundtable, like in Cornwalls.

In stay in hotel full board in Carnac, the holiday makers are close to the beaches of bay of Quiberon. On the spot, they can practice a broad range of water sports.

To find a hotel in Brittany, go and see our hotel site.

Discover our selection of camp-sites in Brittany, on the coast in the back-country.

Where to stay in Brittany

  • Quiberon: Many proposals for a stay in full board and house rental in Quiberon at the seaside.
  • Fouesnant Glenan: In holidays rentals in the surroundings of Fouesnant Glesnan, the tourist can make all the nautical activities. Many possiblities of lodging in this very tourist zone of Brittany (villa, Breton house, apartment in club holidays, hotel in half or full board …).
  • Belle-Ile en Mer: To rent a house in Belle-Île en Mer in July or August, will to the holiday maker the opportunity to discover this tourist destination of Brittany.
  • : With its supervised water level, the place is adapted perfectly to family holidays. For a seasonal rental around Lake Guerledan, many rooms of hosts are proposed for a week, a fortnight fifteen or a month to the visitors.
  • Muzillac: A seasonal stay in Muzillac gives possible to the holiday maker to benefit from the water sports in the Gulf of Morbihan or to attend the Interceltique Festival of Lorient in August.
  • Paimpol: The marina of Paimpol can receive more than 300 boats. Many possibilities for seasonal rentals in Paimpol.
  • Quimper: The city offers in July the festival of Cornouailles. This area of the south Finistere has a littoral made up of long sand beaches end. The tourist will find a large choice of seasonal hirings in Quimper or his surroundings
  • Island of Ushant. This picturesque small island is located at a score of kilometers from Brittany. On the spot, the tourist can stay in an old Breton house for resting holidays.
  • Saint-Malo: To spend a stay at the seaside, a hiring of holidays in Saint-Malo close to the beach or marina is an excellent option.
  • Concarneau: Many cultural and sporting activities are proposed to the tourists in holidays rental in Concarneau, during their estival stay (water sports, golf, cruisings, living room and festival…).

 

To exactly choose its season in Brittany

August and July are traditionally the months of crowd in the seaside resorts, but also the period at the end of December at the beginning of January and holidays of February.

September and June constitute the mid season.

Lastly, the pensioners will appreciate to leave on holiday in March, April, May, October or November in the south of France to be given a soft climate and better tariffs from seasonal hiring.

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