Places to Explore In Brittany

Discover the best places to explore in Brittany with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Auray

The ancient town of Auray grew up along the banks of the Loch River and is best admired from the Promenade du Loch overlooking the...

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Belle-Ile-en-Mer

Covering 84 square km (32 square miles), Belle-Ile is the largest of Brittany's islands; and, as its name implies, it is beautiful. Being less commercialized...

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  • 4 Things To Do

Cancale

Nothing says Brittany like seafood and nothing says seafood like this fishing village, one of the most picturesque in the region. Renowned for its offshore...

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  • 3 Things To Do

Carnac

At the north end of Quiberon Bay, Carnac is known for its expansive beaches and its ancient stone monuments: "standing stones," called menhirs, that were...

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Combourg

The pretty lakeside village of Combourg is dominated by Château de Combourg, the boyhood home of Romantic writer Viscount René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848)...

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Concarneau

Concarneau may be an industrial town known for sardine packaging, but its 17th-century Vauban-designed Ville Close ranks among the most picturesque sites in Brittany...

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  • 2 Things To Do

Dinan

During the frequent wars that devastated other cities in the Middle Ages, the merchants who ruled Dinan got rich selling stuff to whichever camp had...

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Dinard

The most elegant resort town on this stretch of the Brittany coast, Dinard enjoys a picture-book perch on the Rance Estuary opposite the walled town...

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  • 3 Things To Do

Douarnenez

Douarnenez is a quaint old fishing town with quayside paths and zigzagging narrow streets. Boats come in from the Atlantic to unload their catches of...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

La Baule

La Baule is a popular resort town that once rivaled Biarritz. Today it leans toward the tacky rather than the sophisticated, but you still can’t...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Lorient

France’s most exotically named town was founded by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1666 as a base for the Compagnie des Indes, which sent ships from here...

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Nantes

The writer Stendhal remarked of 19th-century Nantes, "I hadn't taken 20 steps before I recognized a great city." Since then, the river that flowed around...

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  • 1 Hotels
  • 17 Things To Do

Paimpol

Paimpol is one of the liveliest fishing ports in the area and a good base for exploring the pink-granite rocks that have made this part...

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Pont-Aven

This lovely village sits astride the Aven River as it descends from the Montagnes Noires to the sea, turning the town's mills along the way...

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  • 3 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Quimper

Quimper (pronounced "cam-pair") owes its strange name to its site at the confluence (kemper in Breton) of the Odet and Steir Rivers. A traditional crowd-puller...

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  • 1 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Rennes

Rennes (pronounced "wren") is the capital of and traditional gateway to this region. It’s also one of Brittany’s liveliest cities, thanks to the 40,000-odd students...

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  • 4 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Ste-Anne-la-Palud

One of the biggest draws on the Breton events calendar is the celebration of a religious festival known as a village pardon, replete with banners...

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St-Malo

Thrust out into the sea and bound to the mainland only by tenuous man-made causeways, romantic St-Malo has built a reputation as a breeding ground...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Trébeurden

Trébeurden is one of the highlights of the Côtes d'Armor. A pleasant fishing village that’s popular with summer vacationers, it offers access to the rosy...

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Vannes

Scene of the declaration of unity between France and Brittany in 1532, Vannes is one of the few towns in the region to have been...

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  • 1 Things To Do

Vitre

There's still a feel of the Middle Ages about the formidable castle, tightly packed half-timber houses, remaining ramparts, and dark alleyways of Vitré (pronounced "vee-tray")...

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  • 3 Things To Do

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