VANNES
On the "Golfe du Morbihan" lies the medieval walled city and port of Vannes dating back to pre-roman times and named after the Celtic tribe of the area .Vannes is the capitol of Morbihan and is now a large modern city with all the services you would expect, but still has the medieval defences and buildings intact, sit at one of the café's opposite the marina and soak up the atmosphere . There is a large market on Saturday mornings.

PRESQU' ILE DE RHUYS
This forms the southern arm of the "Golfe du Morbihan" helping create the warm waters in the golfe. The southern coast has miles of sandy beaches with pretty villages dotted along it, such as Damgan pictured right. You will also find the impressive castle of Suscinio a one time hunting lodge of the Dukes of Brittany.
The northern coast is more rocky and has fishing hamlets, the main town is Sarzeau with all amenities.

QUESTEMBERT
This has the attraction of having one of Frances’ oldest covered wooden market halls “HALLE” and the chapel of St Michel.

AURAY
On the estuary of the river Loc'h in between Vannes and Lorient is the pretty town of Auray which has a very good market on Mondays. A walk down the hill to the riverfront is worth the effort. You can discover the quayside surrounded by cafe's and restaurant's serving seafood as well as crepes and traditional French cuisine all at reasonable prices.

CARNAC
Just south of Auray on the coast is Carnac with the biggest standing stone site in Europe. The stones are spread out on all sides of the town apart from the southern side where the beautiful sandy beaches are located. The pretty town has plenty of places to eat and drink.

QUIBERON
Located at the end of a peninsular is the town of Quiberon which is a very popular resort with miles of sandy beaches and a ferry service to BELLE-ILE-EN- MER the beautiful island.

LA ROCHE BERNARD
Situated at the bottom of a stunning gorge on the river Vilaine, La Roche Bernard was originally a settlement founded by the Vikings in the 10th century and has kept it's strong links with the sea, although now for less violent reasons. Alongside the marina are plenty of cafe's and restaurants and boat trips are run from here during the season.

BROCELIANDE FOREST
The ancient forest of "Broceliande" in central Brittany lies just to the North, now called "Paimpont forest" after the main town.
Steeped in legends particularly to do with King Arthur & Merlin, there are loads of good smaller roads winding through the forest leading to pretty villages and places of mystery such as the Valley of no return.
At at the "Chateau de Comper" there is an Arthurien center where various events are held during the Summer, Paimpont village with it's abbey and lake is in the middle of the forest.

DINAN
An old fortress town with its Port, steep cobbled streets and leaning buildings. The streets are named after the many different medieval trades that existed and make this an interesting visit.

ST MALO
On the northern coast of Brittany lies the walled city of St Malo, an ancient pirate stronghold and medieval citadel, as well as a modern ferry port with sailings to Portsmouth and the Channel Islands. With its sandy beaches situated below the battlements and endless restaurants serving among other things "fruit du Mer" it is the place for seafood, St Malo is well worth a visit. Along the coast in Normandy is "Mont St Micheal the famous island city cut off at high tide and steeped in history.

PLACES TO VISIT

MUSEE de la RESISTANCE BRETONNE
Found at St Marcel near to Malestroit is this Resistance Museum set on the site of a battle between the Breton Resistance and the German Occupying Forces on the 18th June 1944. This assisted in drawing German troops away from D Day beach heads. Well worth visiting.

LE MANOIR DE L’AUTOMOBILE
A well presented vehicle museum with over 400 different vehicles ranging from veteran cars to Formula 1 Grand Prix with all sorts of memorabilia in between. Not many motorcycles but still worth a visit.

LE GRAND BLOCKHAUS
In the small coastal town of Batz-Sur-Mer in the "Pays de le Loire" there is a surviving German command post from the Atlantic wall defences, now turned into a very good museum with 5 levels of rooms authentically restored with weapons, uniforms and models.

LE PORT DE ST-NAZAIRE
In the port of the modern city of St- Nazaire on the river Loire, there are the surviving U-Boat pens along with a French submarine the "Espadon" and a virtual trip on an ocean liner, altogether making a very good museum. St-Nazaire along with Lorient both important u-boat bases were the last German pockets to surrender after the fall of Berlin.

AVRIL

Le Mans 24 hour race

MAY

Moto GP Le Mans

JULY

14th Bastille day

AUGUST

14/15th Madone des motards
The "Madone des Motards" is a blessing of the bikers by the priest of Porcaro, it started in 1978 with a few bikers and has grown over the years to attract up to 20,000, making it the biggest concentration of bikes outside of race meetings in France. It is always held on the French bank holiday of the 15th August, the blessing is in the morning and after lunch is the 80 km ride out amongst 20,000 like minded people through the local area where the bike loving French line the route to slap your hand and wish you 'bonne route'. Its something else! On the night of the 14th there are bands and a BBQ on the campsite at Porcaro. Why not book a long weekend or mini tour with us and join in the run.