Daniel Young Travels: Brittany - Where Did We Stay Last Night?

We are moving so fast I can't remember where we stayed last night, the night after we left the hotel near Arradon where we took the 8 km. walk on the Gulf of Morbihan. Found the bill - we stayed near Larmor-Barden at Le Parc Er Grec (the Bretons have their own language and it produces names which do not look French.) We stayed there because we wanted to see Pointe De Raz, one of the famous end-of-land promontories which abound on the coast of Brittany. Actually "Raz" was a little too organized for us with a pay parking lot, elaborate facilities and a shuttle to take you the mile to the point if you don't want to walk. Impressive but too touristy. Yesterday's Pointe De Pen Hir was more primitive and better. As was the Menez Hom, a panoramic viewing point on the way.

After Pen Hir we drove a long way northwest to finish the day in a converted manor house right on the tip of the Cote De Granit Rose in the town of Perros-Guirec. Here our room looks out at a wild sea and the wind howls.

Yesterday was perfectly sunny and approximately 78 to 80 degrees. And the good weather is predicted to stay for four more days. I wouldn't want to be here in bad weather or in the winter - although natives say the winter can be mild. By the way, most buildings in Brittany are made of stone, no doubt because of the abundance of that material.

To fuel ourselves for the rigors of the day we had a shellfish platter for lunch, featuring the bounty of the region.

Photos are not necessarily in sequence.

Good news! We will stay 2 nights in St. Malo after today's stupendous hike near Perros-Guirec. The photos today will show in the next post. Imagine! Two whole nights in the same place!

My guide points to the U.S. at the Pointe De Raz

The other direction

I don't remember what restaurant put this puzzler on the bathroom doors. I guessed correctly the left was a pre-revolutionary fop, representing MEN.

The bar/restaurant in the port of Doelan where we stopped for a snack of Breton oysters and a glass of rose. The local patrons who entered went around shaking everyone's hand, including mine.

In that place the man on the right had the look of a typical Breton.

A view from that 8 km. walk on the Gulf of Morbihan

Another view from that walk

The bay in Arragon at the end of the walk

On the way back to the hotel - a boat waiting for a painter

Entrance of the Hotel Le Parc Er Grec

On our day trip to Ile aux Moines at low tide island women dig for mussels and scallops

On the island a worker has to haul equipment to his truck because the streets are too narrow

My guide leads the way around Ile aux Moine at low tide, showing me the oyster beds.

All I can think of is the bed in my hotel

Lunch restored my spirits

The ferry going back

Locals of all ages store dinghies with which to go back and forth to their boats

View in the Pointe de Raz area - very rocky

View from hotel in Audierne where we stayed a night

View across the harbor from our window

Demonstrating the proper way to look at a panorama at Menez-Hom

Shellfish Platter

Remains of Shellfish Platter


Sunset from bathroom window of the Manoir du Sphinx in Perros-Guirec on the north coast of Brittany, the end of a long day of seeing rocky capes and panoramas.