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Rankings and must sees
29The most beautiful villages and beaches, the lighthouses, the castles, the good restaurants: the best of Brittany, by theme.
Ranking
10 romantic hotels in Brittany for autumn
Castelbrac, Sainte-Barbe, L’Agapa, Castel Clara: ten romantic hotels in Brittany for autumn, facing the sea, with a spa or in a real castle.
8 min readHotels
Hotels
Five star hotels in Brittany
Castelbrac, L’Hermitage, Sofitel Quiberon, Balthazar, Locguénolé: the fifteen five star hotels in our guide to Brittany, coast by coast, and what makes each one special.
7 min readHotels
Hotels
Hotels with a spa and thalassotherapy in Brittany
Quiberon, Saint-Malo, Dinard, Belle-Île, Roscoff: the best hotels with thalassotherapy or a spa in Brittany, from the large marine institute to the small spa facing the sea.
7 min readHotels
Hotels
Waterfront hotels in Brittany
Sainte-Barbe, Les Sables Blancs, Les Bassans, Port-Blanc: our sea view hotels in Brittany, where the rooms look out to the ocean, from two to five stars.
6 min readHotels
Hotels
Sleeping in a castle or manor house in Brittany
Locguénolé, La Bretesche, Apigné, the malouinières of Saint-Malo: our hotels in a castle, a manor house or an abbey in Brittany, for a timeless night.
7 min readHotels, Castles
Hotels
Sleep and dine with a Michelin star: gourmet hotels
Les Glazicks, Anne de Bretagne, Lan-Kerellec, La Mare aux Oiseaux: our Breton hotels with a Michelin starred restaurant, to dine and then head upstairs to bed.
7 min readHotels, Restaurants
Ranking
The most beautiful villages in Brittany
Locronan, Rochefort-en-Terre, Ploumanac’h, Saint-Suliac, Sauzon, Pont-Aven: our selection of the most beautiful villages in Brittany, department by department.
7 min readVillages
Ranking
The most beautiful viewpoints in Brittany
Cap Fréhel, the Pointe du Raz, the Pointe de Pen-Hir, the Pointe du Grouin, Belle-Île: the most beautiful viewpoints in Brittany, with our selection by department.
6 min readViewpoints
Ranking
The best campsites in Brittany
Campsites by the sea, for families or in the countryside: our selection of the best campsites in Brittany, department by department, with our tips.
6 min readCampsites
Ranking
The most beautiful unusual stays in Brittany
Treehouses, a lighthouse keeper’s house, a sleeper train, bubbles and floating cabins: the most original unusual stays in Brittany.
6 min readUnusual stays
Ranking
The most beautiful markets in Brittany, day by day
The Lices market in Rennes, Talensac in Nantes, Vannes, Dinan, Quimper: the most beautiful markets in Brittany and the day to go, from Monday to Sunday.
6 min readMarkets
Ranking
The most beautiful museums in Brittany
The Musée de Bretagne, the Château des ducs, the Musée d’arts de Nantes, the Musée de la Marine in Brest, Pont-Aven: the most beautiful museums in Brittany, by theme.
6 min readMuseums
Ranking
Michelin starred restaurants in Brittany
Le Coquillage, the Auberge des Glazicks, Maison Ronan Kervarrec, Anne de Bretagne and more than forty restaurants: the Michelin starred restaurants of Brittany.
6 min readRestaurants
Ranking
The megalithic sites of Brittany
The Carnac alignments, Locmariaquer, the Gavrinis and Barnenez cairns, the Roche-aux-Fées, giant menhirs: the most beautiful megalithic sites in Brittany.
6 min readHeritage, Museums, Walks
Ranking
Good food at low prices in Brittany: the Bib Gourmand restaurants
The Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand restaurants in Brittany: carefully made food at gentle prices, in Rennes, Nantes, Saint-Malo, Vannes, Quimper and beyond.
5 min readRestaurants
Ranking
The most beautiful beaches in Finistère
La Torche, the Baie des Trépassés, Les Blancs Sablons, Morgat, Raguénez and the white sand of Léon: our selection of the most beautiful beaches in Finistère, for everyone.
6 min readBeaches
Ranking
The most beautiful beaches in Morbihan
The Grande Plage in Carnac, Quiberon, the Mine d’Or in Pénestin, Suscinio, Kerhillio, Belle-Île and Groix: our selection of the most beautiful beaches in Morbihan.
6 min readBeaches
Ranking
The most beautiful beaches in Côtes-d’Armor
Saint-Guirec and Trestraou in Perros-Guirec, Coz-Pors, the Plage Bonaparte, Val-André and Cap d’Erquy: our selection of the most beautiful beaches in Côtes-d’Armor.
6 min readBeaches
Ranking
The most beautiful beaches in Ille-et-Vilaine
The Sillon and Bon-Secours in Saint-Malo, L’Écluse in Dinard, Longchamp, Saint-Briac and Cancale: the most beautiful beaches in Ille-et-Vilaine, on the Emerald Coast.
6 min readBeaches
Ranking
The most beautiful beaches in Loire-Atlantique
La Baule, Monsieur Hulot’s beach, Le Croisic, Pornic and Saint-Brevin: the most beautiful beaches in Loire-Atlantique, from the Côte d’Amour to the Côte de Jade.
6 min readBeaches
Ranking
The best campsites in Finistère
Five star campsites in Bénodet and Fouesnant, seaside campsites in Carantec, Concarneau or Crozon: our selection of the best campsites in Finistère.
5 min readCampsites
Ranking
The best campsites in Morbihan
Seaside campsites in Quiberon, Carnac and La Trinité-sur-Mer, on Belle-Île and around the Gulf: our selection of the best campsites in Morbihan.
5 min readCampsites
Ranking
The most beautiful hikes in Brittany
Coastal paths, forests, heaths and valleys: the most beautiful hikes in Brittany, department by department, with loops for all levels.
6 min readWalks
Ranking
Where to see seals, dolphins and seabirds in Brittany
Grey seals at Molène and the Sept-Îles, bottlenose dolphins, gannets and puffins: where to watch marine wildlife in Brittany, and how to go about it.
6 min readActivities, Nature, Lighthouses
Coast
The most beautiful beaches in Brittany
White sand, coves and great strands, department by department. With what really decides a day: the wind and the tide.
8 min readBeaches, Viewpoints
Beacons
The lighthouses of Brittany
The lighthouses of hell, those you can visit, and where to see them from land: the greatest concentration in the world.
7 min readLighthouses, Viewpoints
Heritage
The castles of Brittany
Fortresses of the dukes, border strongholds and manor houses: which ones to visit, and what they tell us about an independent duchy.
7 min readCastles, Heritage, Villages
At the table
Eating in Brittany
The difference between a crêpe and a galette, where to find oysters, and the restaurants worth the trip, from bistro to Michelin star.
7 min readRestaurants, Markets
On foot
Hiking in Brittany
The GR 34 and the coastal loops: what to know about waymarking, tides and wind before you set off walking.
7 min readWalks, Viewpoints, Nature