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Places to visit in Brittany

11 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up in Brittany, with our picks first.

The image shows a large, historic stone fortification with arched windows and a long wall, topped by a multi-story building with chimneys, set against a backdrop of modern residential buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

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Brest

Atlantic port city with maritime museums and modern architecture
The image shows the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Vannes, France, a grand Beaux-Arts style building with a central clock tower, flanked by four flagpoles flying the Breton flag, French tricolor, EU flag, and a red municipal flag, with a statue of

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Vannes

Medieval walled city in Brittany with half-timbered houses
Palais Saint-Georges, Rennes, Aug 2010

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Rennes

Capital of Brittany with medieval center and vibrant student life
The twin spires of Quimper's Saint-Corentin Cathedral rising above the old town and a footbridge over the Odet river.

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Quimper

Historic capital of Finistère with cathedral and faience pottery
The image shows a fortified stone enclosure (the Ville Close) on a small island, connected to the mainland by a bridge, with a green navigational buoy in the foreground and a church tower visible within the walls.

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Concarneau

Historic walled fishing port in Finistère, Brittany
The granite square of Locronan with its old well and stone houses

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Locronan

Medieval granite village on a hill in Finistère, Brittany
The Ploumanac'h lighthouse on the pink granite coast at sunset, Perros-Guirec

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Perros-guirec

Pink Granite Coast resort with dramatic coastal scenery
The belle-époque seafront above the Plage de l'Écluse in Dinard

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Dinard

Elegant Belle Époque seaside resort on Brittany's Emerald Coast
Moulin du Grand Poulguin, a stone mill building on the river Aven in Pont-Aven, Brittany, France.

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Pont-aven

Historic artistic village on the Aven River in Brittany
Rocky headland at the Pointe du Raz near Plogoff, with La Vieille rock in the sea

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Plogoff

Last village before the Pointe du Raz, on the Cap Sizun
Île Vierge lighthouse off the coast of Plouguerneau, Brittany

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Plouguerneau

Seaweed coast of the Abers, facing the Île Vierge lighthouse

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