Places to visit in Brittany

The rich past of Upper Brittany Ille-et-Vilaine has left numerous traces which you can enjoy visiting during your stay: châteaux, museums, historic monuments and sites, guided tours of towns with a beautiful architectural heritage…

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Musée Edouard Mahé

Museum

35240 Retiers

Described as a "fantastic and wonderful" painter belong-ing to the post-Fauvist generation. Entry free.

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Planétarium

Museum

35000 Rennes

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Le château du Breil

Historical sites and monuments

35750 Iffendic

The romantic silhouette of this castle which was engulfed in flames during the night of the 27th and 28th of June 1903, has been built around 1860...

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La Ferme Marine de Cancale

Craft and technical tours

35260 Cancale

La Ferme Marine is a family-run oyster farm. Visitors can learn about the strenuous work of oyster farming during a guided tour, followed by an...

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La Granjagoul, Maison du Patrimoine oral en Haute-Bretagne

Centre et site d'interpretation

35210 Parcé

La Granjagoul at Parcé is a unique centre in Brittany dedicated to promoting oral heritage and the expression of popular culture in rural areas....

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Alignement de menhirs de Lampouy

Historical sites and monuments

35360 MEDREAC

More than 48 standing stones, classified historic monuments, stand proudly in meadows to the north of Médréac (4km from the village centre). This...

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Mellé

Historical sites and monuments

35420 Mellé

A town with rolling countryside and fields dotted with balls of granite. The quarries are evidence of the industrial activity that was once based...

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Malouinière de la Ville Bague

Historical sites and monuments

35350 Saint-Coulomb

Just 10 minutes from Saint-Malo, this shipowner's house was built in 1710 by Garangeau, an architect of Vauban, for the Eon family from Ville Bague...

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Parc-Musée des Mines de la Brutz

Centre et site d'interpretation

35620 Teillay

To the east of the commune are the iron mines named Mines de la Brutz. In 1950, part of the mine, the Bonne Fontaine pit head, shutdown all...

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Musée de Bretagne

Museum

35000 Rennes

In a few years' time, the Brittany Museum will be rehoused in a new building designed by architect Christian de Porzamparc. It is currently being...

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Maison des Produits du Terroir et de la Gastronomie

Craft and technical tours

35120 Cherrueix

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Montfort, ville de caractère

Historical sites and monuments

35160 Montfort-sur-Meu

To protect the marches of Brittany (area under military administration), the dukes led a policy of fortification of the cities. In 1376, Raoul VII...

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Demeure de Corsaire

Historical sites and monuments

35400 Saint-Malo

Enter the world of François-Auguste Magon, director of the East India Company, shipowner and corsair un-der Louis XIV. Hôtel d'Asfeld is an...

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Malouinière de la Motte-Aux-Chauff

Historical sites and monuments

35350 Saint-Coulomb

One of the first malouinières in Clos Poulet (1660). Classical three-bay architecture. An interesting monumental staircase which takes up a third...

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Les Rochers Sculptés

Historical sites and monuments

35400 Saint-Malo

Works of Abbot Fouré (1839-1910). Approximately 300 figures sculpted out of granite from the cliff, representing the legend of the Rothéneuf family...