Discover the east and south of Brittany
Brittany,
easily accessible from the UK, is an area of France with plenty of
facilities for self catering holidays, including many gites with
English-speaking owners..
The departments of
Morbihan
and
Loire
Atlantique
include the area along Brittany's warm south coast.
Ille and Vilaine
department includes the eastern area of the region, together with a
part of the north coast, including the world-famous Mont Saint Michel
and the popular tourist city of
Saint
Malo.
Loire Atlantique, the area round the
mouth of the Loire, is not
part of today's Brittany region, though is part of the historic
province of
Brittany.
The south coast of Brittany is both sunnier
and warmer than the northern coast, and also quite different. The
shores of the Morbihan are characterised by sandy beaches and creeks,
rather than the rocky coves of the northern shores. With its small
ports and sheltered inlets such as La Trinité sur Mer,
Morbihan is very
popular with sailors and yachtsmen. A number of islands lie just off
the coast, and can be reached by boat. For those who
prefer inland waterways, parts of the Nantes to Brest canal and the
river Vilaine and the north-south Brittany canal provide interesting
opportunities for pleasure cruises. Other points of interest in
Morbihan include the prehistoric stone alignments at Carnac, and the
little town of Quiberon, standing on its peninsula joined to the
mainland by a long and narrow isthmus.
Inland
Morbihan and Ille & Vilaine are deply rural areas, popular with
second-home owners who have bought up many of the region's old
cottages, some of which are now let out as gites and holiday
rentals.
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Brittany.
Getting to Brittany
Brittany is easily accessible from the UK,
Driving times
Direct access via
the Breton ferry ports of
Saint
Malo and Roscoff.
1 to 3 hours driving
from the port of Cherbourg
4 to 6 hours driving from
Calais or Lille under normal driving
conditions, following
motorway via Rouen Caen. See
Driving in France
Fly to Brittany
Regional airport: Rennes,
Dinard, Brest.
Check out with Ryanair
Peripheral airports: Nantes.