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Brest (French pronunciation: [bʁɛst] ⓘ; [ 3 ]Breton pronunciation: [bʀest] [ 4 ]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, [ 5 ] Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port ...
Saint-Malo (UK: / s æ̃ ˈ m ɑː l oʊ /, [3] US: / ˌ s æ̃ m ə ˈ l oʊ /, [4] [5] French: [sɛ̃ malo] ⓘ; Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas ...
Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Port of Bloscon-Roscoff. Coordinates: 48.721°N 3.965°W. Roscoff is a town situated on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany. Its favorable position at the western end of the channel along with the efforts of the economic administrators have allowed the port to survive and develop itself within the different fields surrounding the sea.
Lorient. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Lorient (French: [lɔʁjɑ̃] ⓘ; Breton: An Oriant) is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
Roscoff. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Roscoff (/ ˈrɒskoʊ /, from Breton: Rosko; French pronunciation: [ʁɔskɔf]) is a commune in the Finistère département of Brittany in northwestern France. Roscoff is renowned for its picturesque architecture ...
Cancale lies along the coast to the east of Saint-Malo. It is a picturesque fishing port popular with visitors, many of whom are drawn by its reputation as the " oyster capital" of Brittany. Though a small town, it is well served by a large number of restaurants, many specialising in seafood. When not eating one can sit and watch the bustle of ...
Map of the Brittany destination and its 10 structuring areas, as defined by Atout France. The Brittany region shares competence in the field of tourism with its constituent départements. [53] It has a vice-president dedicated to this issue, [54] and an operational department, the Comité Régional de Tourisme de Bretagne. [55]