Still in Brittany and this Tuesday it is Saint Malo. Much has been said about Saint Malo and there is a good website here. It was a bit too touristy for our taste.
Tag: Brittany
Tuesday travels. . . .Rennes
Rennes is the capital of Brittany and it is a town that is well worth visiting. We visited twice while we were in Brittany and we would like to return when we are next in France. We barely scratched the surface while we were there. The architecture of the city is striking and we spent…
Tuesday Travels – Pont-Aven
A visit to another beautiful village in Brittany. This lovely little village is well known in Brittany for the proliferation of artists who live or used to live in the vicinity and have used picturesque Pont-Aven as their source of inspiration. The most famous of the artists is Paul Gauguin. At the various sites which…
Tuesday travels. . . Dinan Part 2
This is a continuation of my post on Dinan Part 1. When we visited Dinan for the second time we went into the museum which is housed in part of the town ramparts. The Dinan Chateau, also known as the Tower of Duchesse Anne, was built in the 14th Century, between 1382-1387. In the chapel…
Tuesday travels – Dinan Part 1
One of the prettiest towns we visited in Brittany was Dinan, in fact we visited it twice. My husband and I visited it on our own the first time and the second time was with our son and second daughter. They were only with us for a few days in Brittany and this is one…
Tuesday Travels. . . Josselin
I have decided to try making Tuesdays the day where I blog about my travels. I didn’t blog while we were overseas for three months and I have only done one or two posts on the travels we had. I will endeavour to post each Tuesday about our travels with today beginning with Josselin in…