Brittany's top attractions
Headlands, castles, islands and prehistoric wonders worth planning your trip around.
Saint-Malo Ramparts & Fort National
Walk the walls of the corsair city, then cross the sand to Vauban's fort at low tide.
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Purple heather on 70-metre cliffs, a lighthouse and a fairy-tale castle on the sea.
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Sentier des Douaniers, Ploumanac'h
The customs officers' path through pink boulders between Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h.
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Île de Bréhat
A car-free island of flowers, pink rocks and tiny coves, ten minutes by boat from the mainland.
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Cancale Oyster Market
Eat oysters straight from the stalls, looking out over the oyster beds of the bay.
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Carnac Standing Stones
Around 3,000 Neolithic menhirs in rows across the countryside, now a UNESCO site.
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Pointe du Raz
France's 'Land's End': a jagged headland facing the Île de Sein and the Vieille lighthouse.
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Pointe Saint-Mathieu
A lighthouse rising from the ruins of a medieval abbey at the very end of France.
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Brocéliande Forest
The legendary forest of King Arthur, Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, near Rennes.
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Château de Josselin
Fairy-tale towers above the Nantes–Brest canal, still home to the Rohan family.
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Château de Fougères
One of Europe's largest medieval fortresses, guarding the old Breton frontier.
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Locronan
A perfectly preserved granite village, once rich from sailcloth, now a film-set favourite.
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Ville Close, Concarneau
A walled town on an island in a busy fishing port, with a walk around the ramparts.
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Océanopolis, Brest
A huge ocean discovery park with polar, Breton and tropical worlds.
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Gulf of Morbihan Islands
Boat trips around an inland sea, with stops on the Île aux Moines and Île d'Arz.
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Huelgoat Forest
A chaos of giant granite boulders, a 'trembling rock' and the Devil's Grotto in a fairy-tale forest.
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Ouessant (Ushant)
The westernmost island of mainland France: lighthouses, sheep and wild Atlantic cliffs.
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Guérande & its Salt Marshes
A walled medieval town and the salt pans where fleur de sel is raked by hand.
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