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Activities in Brittany + Normandy

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  • Bayeux Tapestry Museum

    Bayeux’s famous 230-foot-long tapestry—displayed in this well-run little museum—tells the story of the Norman conquest of England.

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  • Belle-Île-en-Mer

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

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  • Casino Barrière de Deauville

  • Casino Barrière de Trouville

  • Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rouen

  • Cidrerie Paul Coïc

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

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  • Claude Monet Foundation

    Yes, it's touristy, but how can you miss the chance to see the gardens? Grounds stay open till November 1 and are ablaze in autumn hues.

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  • Deauville American Film Festival

    During the festival, the population of Deauville swells from some 4,000 to 40,000—more than a few of them royals and retainers, though now more often

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  • Eugène Boudin Museum

    Eugène Boudin, a landscape painter from the area, met a young artist named Claude Monet and taught him to use oil paints and to work outdoors. It’s be

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  • Gros-Horloge

  • Île d'Ouessant

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

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  • Jean-Yves Bordier Beurrier et Fromager

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

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  • La Belle-Îloise

    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

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  • La Chocolatière

    The local specialty is a layered praline paillardise.

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  • Les Sablés d’Asnelles

    The shop specializes in butter biscuits.

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  • Maisons Satie

    The birthplace of the avant-garde composer Erik Satie houses a series of odd but amusing tableaux vivants that tell of his life and times. The odd hou

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  • Musée de la Faïence de Quimper

  • Musée de la Faïence de Quimper

    This compact museum brings to life the 300-plus years of artisanal glazed-ware production in Quimper.

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  • Musée des Marais Salants

  • Normandy American Cemetery

    No matter how jaded you are, you just have to cry, seeing those crosses stretch into the horizon.

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  • Oan's Pub

    The Celtic origins of Breizh are audible in the rollicking Friday-night live music sessions at this pub, which is also serious about local beers.

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  • Port Marine

    Score some of the best Breton striped shirts in the region.

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  • Ste.-Catherine Church

    Honfleur’s greatest surviving building, and its separate bell tower date back to the 15th century. The largest, most unusual wooden church in France,

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  • Vent de Voyage

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

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