Brittany, a world apart from the rest of France... This land has a mysterious and irresistible charm which will make you love this place. Moving forward into in the Ocean, coastal Brittany is a place of winds, rocky creeks, jagged cliffs but also peacful islands and deep gulfs. When the tremendous storms of the winter stop, the wild coasts of Britanny become a real sailing paradise. Numerous little fishing villages welcome you in their traditional houses and restaurants where you will eat fresh seafood or crepes with local cider.

Inland Britanny has numerous testimonies of its Celtic past from standing stones to mysterious places such as the Broceliande forests which has its local legends and its fantastic characters. Rent a bike to discover the flat inland or hike through its numerous paths which lead to desert beaches or hidden glades with old engraved stones. Inland Brittany also offers 600 km of canals and rivers.

As a whole, Brittany is a region of traditions with its own language, customs, cathedrals and festivals. The local culture is rich and still alive, and you will have several occasions to realize it! (pictures: www.brittannytourism.com)

www.brittanny-bretagne.com: Web site of the daily newspaper "Le Télégramme de Brest", maybe the best site about Britanny. It is an ideal web site to know what's going on in Britanny, to learn more about Breton Identity, to admire beautiful pictures... This site offers also a useful regional search engine.

www.brittanytourism.com : official web site of the Brittany Tourism Office. A beautiful web site but not much information. However, web pages about "prepare your stay" are very complete with lists of campsites, hotels, bed and breakfasts...

www.golfe-du-morbihan.com: the Morbihan Gulf, one of the most beautiful site in Brittany.

last update: February 12, 2002