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...
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...
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 and Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic. Just west of the Gulf of Morbihan, the presqu'île (peninsula) of...
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...
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...
Later this month, I will post a series of Brittany hiking itineraries, to add to those already on the Paris Weekender site, such as hiking on L'Île-aux-Moines. So I thought it would be useful to first share my tips for planning the perfect Brittany hiking weekend....
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,...
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?
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...
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...
