Thanks to Complete France for this list of 16 Traditional Villages in Brittany You Have to Visit. Île-de-Batz I still haven't seen all of them. I'm missing four: Bécherel (Ille-et-Vilaine), Pontrieux (Côtes d’Armor), La Roche-Derrien (Côtes d’Armor) and Pont-Croix...
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Hiking in Brittany: 2 Circuits in Le Bono
This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic, Quiberon's Côte Sauvage and Port-Navalo and Locmariaquer. Loop 1, Le Bono...
Hiking in Brittany: Port-Navalo and Locmariaquer
Presqu'île de Rhuys This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic and Quiberon's Côte Sauvage. Presqu'île de Rhuys Two...
Hiking in Brittany: L’île de Houat and L’île Hoëdic
Île de Houat This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines and Île d'Arz. Île de Houat Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic lie outside the Gulf of Morbihan, in the Bay...
Hiking in Brittany: Île d’Arz
As promised, over the next two months I will post a series of ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department, the Morbihan. The hike on Île d'Arz, described below, is the perfect complement to the hike I described in my post of late July on Île-aux-Moines. Île...
Brittany: My Home Away from Home and the Île-aux-Moines
L'Île-aux-Moines It’s official! I now have a “second home” in Brittany. I use the quotes around “second home” because (as you know if you have been following my series on Buying Property in Paris) I don’t exactly have a primary residence at the moment! But details,...
Top Five Weekend Getaways in France for Summer and Fall
Last week, Girls Guide to Paris published my article on Top Five Weekend Getaways in France for Summer and Fall. Gordes, Luberon *** What are you top picks for weekend trips in 2012?
Fougères and the St. James American Cemetery, Brittany
Near the border of Brittany and Normandy in the department of Ile-et-Vilaine (Brittany), equidistant between Rennes and the northern coast, lies the medieval city of Fougères. I had often driven right past Fougères. It's hard to drive all the way to Brittany and not...
The Marais Poitevin and Angles sur l’Anglin
The Marais Poitevin, aptly nicknamed la Venise Verte or Green Venice, is a magical place, a large network of intertwining canals. Marais, like the neighborhood in Paris, actually means "swamp" and the Marais Poitevin is indeed a swamp. Yet miraculously, there are no...
My Latest Trip to Brittany
Over the Ascension weekend, I was once again drawn back to Brittany, to the southern coast, in the Morbihan. You can find five Brittany itineraries under Weekend Itineraries, including four that focus on various parts of the Morbihan. You can refer to those...