Regional guide
Brittany
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Ideas to get you started
Available guides: 6
Ideas to get you started
A selection of city guides to help you choose your base.
Brest
Brest lies at the western tip of Brittany, facing the broad Rade de Brest. Its strategic position gave the city a strong naval and military identity, while wartime destruction and reconstruction chang…
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Lorient’s identity comes from its harbour. The city developed around overseas trade and later became a major naval base, while its position on the Atlantic continues to shape its cultural sites and su…
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Quimper
Quimper, the historic capital of Cornouaille and administrative centre of Finistère, is organised around water. The Steïr, Jet, Odet and Frout cross the city, shaping the streets and the walks that le…
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Rennes
Rennes was the capital of Brittany for much of the ducal period, and its centre still contains evidence of that political role. Medieval defences and timber-framed houses sit near formal civic buildin…
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Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc sits between a historic Breton centre and a coast shaped by rock, tides and the Gouët estuary. The old town can be explored on foot around the cathedral, while the bay opens onto reserves…
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Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo faces the English Channel on the Ille-et-Vilaine coast, with its historic centre enclosed by ramparts. Seafaring shaped the city: shipowners financed voyages towards the New World, privatee…
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Places to Visit in Bretagne
The Bretagne visitor directory is arranged by department, with city pages one level below. The directory entry identifies Rennes, Saint-Malo, Quimper, Brest and Saint-Brieuc as city entries. Its introductory image shows timber-framed houses in Rennes; this page instead concentrates on the routes connecting the regional and local guides.
Browse by department
- Ille-et-Vilaine leads to the Rennes and Saint-Malo entries.
- Finistère contains the routes for Quimper and Brest.
- Morbihan opens that department’s destination directory.
- Côtes-d'Armor is the route to the Saint-Brieuc guide.
Using the directory
The directory record groups its links first by city and then by department. This page begins with the department level used by the menu, keeping all four areas visible in one place.
Select a department, then continue to its city pages and individual places of interest. The links are directory routes rather than a ranked selection, so their order does not imply that one area takes priority over another.
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