"Brittany -Bretagne - Breizh" Top 5 Page for this destination Bretagne by black_mimi99

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Sea, Sand, Coast, and Brie

Visit Brittany is a gorgeous trip, so many great city with the history, chatèau, beach, coast, lighthouse, and amazing view of panorama.

Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of France, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. And Rennes is the capital of the Bretagne région.

The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments:
Finistère in the west
Côtes-d'Armor in the north
Ille-et-Vilaine in the north east
the Loire-Atlantique in the south east
Morbihan in the south on the Bay of Biscay

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When my visit here, saw this flag everywhere.... and find out that this is the Bretagne's flag... and they also have their own special dialect or language, 'Breton'

Tthe atmosphere of this region feel so different from the other region in France! It's Bretagne, Breizh!

Galette, Crepes, Cider

Galette - mi's

While here don't forget to try traditional gastronomy of Breton, galettes, crepes, Far Breton, local cider & many kind seafood.

Pros and Cons

In a nutshell:Beautiful places, great food and wonderful beaches

Last visit to Bretagne: Jan 2011
Intro Updated May 27, 2011
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Comments (2)

gwened Nov 16, 2011 at 2:23 AM Report Abuse

Nice page on Bretagne where I live now.Cheers
SLLiew Sep 28, 2011 at 9:14 AM Report Abuse

Mimi, Wow.. today, I received 3 different awesome postcards of lighthouse of Bretagne. Terima kasih - thanks so much. I am really happy as these are my first lighthouse postcard mailed written stamped from France. Cheers, SL :)