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Brittany Places and Tourist Information

Listed below are some of the main places and destinations in Brittany that have received tourist classifications. Of course many places are very attractive but do NOT have any classifications!

See the main Brittany travel guide for more information and ideas.

Important classified sites in Brittany

Note: these places (and others) are all also shown on the detailed Brittany map further down.

Brittany Grand Sites of France

- Beauport Abbey (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (Morbihan)

- Pointe du Raz (Finistere)

Brittany Villages (classified as 'most beautiful villages')

- Carnac (Morbihan)

- Ile-de-Sein (Finistere)

- Locronan (Finistere)

Brittany National Monuments

- Cairn de Barnenez (Finistere)

- Maison Ernest Renan (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Megalithic site of Carnac (Morbihan)

- Megaliths of Locmariaquer (Morbihan)

Brittany towns classified as Recommended Detours

- Dinan (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Paimpol (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Saint-Renan (Finistere)

- Vitre (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Brittany Regional Natural Parcs

- Armorique (Finistere)

Brittany Listed 'Remarkable Gardens'

- Arboretum de Poërop (Finistere)

- Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (Finistere)

- Jardin Delasselle (Finistere)

- Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Jardin du Botrain (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardin du château de La Ballue (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Jardin du château de la Roche-Jagu (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardin du château de Lanniron (Finistere)

- Jardin du Colombier (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardin du Grand Launay (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardin du Kestellic (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (Finistere)

- Jardin exotique (Finistere)

- Jardins de Broceliande (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Jardins de Kerambar’h (Morbihan)

- Jardins de Kerdalo (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Jardins de Montmarin (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Parc botanique de Cornouaille (Finistere)

- Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Parc du château de Caradeuc (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Parc du château de Trévarez (Finistere)

- Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Parc Victor Chevassu (Morbihan)

Brittany Sites of Natural Beauty

- Archipel des Glénan (Finistere)

- Baie de Douarnenez (Finistere)

- Cap Frehel (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Golfe du Morbihan (Morbihan)

- Lac de Guerlédan (Morbihan)

- Marais de Mousterlin (Finistere)

- Menez-Hom (Finistere)

- Pointe de Penhir (Finistere)

- Pointe du Grouin (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Brittany Towns of Art and History

- Concarneau (Finistere)

- Dinan (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Dinard (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Fougeres (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Lorient (Morbihan)

- Quimper (Finistere)

- Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Vannes (Morbihan)

- Vitre (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Brittany 4* Towns in Bloom

- Brest (Finistere)

- Cesson-Sevigne (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Chartres-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Dinard (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Fougeres (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- La Gacilly (Morbihan)

- La Vraie-Croix (Morbihan)

- Lannion (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Le Rheu (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Pontrieux (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Quimper (Finistere)

- Quintin (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Rochefort-en-Terre (Morbihan)

- Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Saint-Juvat (Cotes-d'Armor)

- Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine)

- Vannes (Morbihan)

Brittany - Other Tourist Information

The Brittany Tourism department has classified many of the most attractive towns and villages in one of three categories to help promote their attractions:

Small cities of character: Roscoff, Pont-Croix, Locronan, Le Faou, Guerlesquin, Tréguier, Pontrieux, Chatelaudren, Quintin, Moncontour, Josselin, Lizio, Lehon, Jugon-le-Lacs, Combourg, Bécherel, Malestroit, Chateugiron, La Roche-Bernard, Rochefort

Historic towns: Lannion, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Landerneau, Quimperlé, Port-Louis, Hennebont, Pontivy andChateaubriant

Towns of Art and history: This is a national classification in France which includes several towns in Brittany - among those listed in the region are: Quimper, Concarneau, Auray, Vannes, Nantes, Saint-Malo, Dinan, Rennes, Fougères and Vitré.