Brittany & Normandy Travel Guide - Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay

A visit to Brittany will leave you feeling like you’re in a Celtic fairytale with many towns retaining their medieval architecture.  Its dramatic windswept coastline changes with the weather from hauntingly, beautiful to utterly sublime – made all the more mysterious when you learn about Brittany’s swashbuckling pirate past. Alternatively, a night in Rennes, Quimper or Brest is sure to be a relaxing experience of fine food, wine and entertainment. To the east, Normandy was the famed landing place for the World War II D-Day liberating forces. With port cities like Le Havre and Cherbourg bordering the English Channel in the north, to the picturesque Mont Saint-Michel and Bayeux (site of the famous Tapestry), Normandy is a wondrous place to visit. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Brittany - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Rennes - Fougères & Vitré - Château de Fougères - Château de Vitré - Château des Rochers-Sévigné - Josselin - Chateau de Josselin - Kerguéhennec Sculpture Garden - Dinan - Musée du Château (Castle Museum) - Saint-Malo - Château de St-Malo - Grand Aquarium - Dinard - Casino Barriere de Dinard - Dinard Golf Club - Pink Granite Coast (Côte du Granit Rose) - Glass Studios of Bréhat - Morlaix & Roscoff - Queen Anne’s House - Château de Suscinio - Brest - Oceanopolis - Ecomusée d’Ouessant - Douarnenez & Locronan - Quimper - Auray, Carnac & Quiberon - Vannes - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Rennes - St. Malo - Brest - Quimper - Vannes - Places to Eat & Drink - Dinard - Vitré - Auray - Quiberon - Douarnenez - Places to Shop - Quimper - Roscoff - Rennes - Cancale - Normandy - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Caen - Caen Memorial for Peace Museum - Juno Beach Center - Abbaye-aux-Hommes - Cherbourg - Cherbourg Liberation Museum - La Cite de la Mer - Rouen - Cathedral of Notre Dame, Rouen - Museum of Art - Rue du Gros Horloge - Dieppe - Château de Dieppe - Jean Renoir Cultural Center - Dieppe’s Saturday Market - Honfleur - Musee d’Art Populaire - Le Havre - Port of Le Havre - St Joseph Church - Ancient Le Havre Museum - Mont Saint Michel - Abbey - Cloisters - Maritime Museum - Alligator Bay Reptilarium - Sculpture Bay - Bayeux - Bayeux Tapestry (Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux) - Cathedral Notre Dame de Bayeux - D-Day Beaches & Memorials - Utah Beach - Omaha Beach - Juno Beach - Sword Beach - Gold Beach - World War II Battles in Normandy - Battle of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) - Battle of Dieppe (Operation Jubilee) - Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord)