Activities in Brittany

The island is monopolized by normal, regular French people of average means in the normal, regular business of being on holiday: riding bikes, picnick

Five miles northwest of Quimper, a first-generation cider maker produces top-notch brews and distilled lambigs.

To the modern visitor, the island offers a small but exquisite menu of simple pleasures: walking, cycling, birding, glancing over garden walls to dote

Pick up provisions from this esteemed shop and picnic on the St.-Malo seawall.

Among today's tourists, the most popular souvenir is a half-dozen cans of prized millimisée sardines (they're dated, like wine) from this La Belle-Îlo

This homey boutique makes stylish furnishings and tote bags out of recycled sailcloth.