Finistère Base

Old Sep 23rd, 2014, 09:38 AM
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Finistère Base

My wife and I are looking for a base ville or village in the Finistère region of Brittany. We will be there one week in early June and, having a rental car, would make day trips from our base to see more of the region. Any suggestions?
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Old Sep 23rd, 2014, 10:54 AM
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Without a moment's doubt, Pont-Aven. It's gorgeous, convenient to lots of other interesting places, many fine restaurants, galleries. You might get lucky (as we did) and be there for the local festival, La fête de la Belle-Angèle - antique boats, sardine celebration, bagpipes, bombards, crepes, cider, dancing... http://www.belleangele.fr/fetebelleangelepontaven.html

Trip report (see the second half) - http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...-movements.cfm
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Finistère is a large département so the best/most central base would really depend on what you want to see and do. Any ideas?
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Merci beaucoup, Gardyloo! Will read your report. Stu Dudley sent me his Normandy/Brittany report as well. Just gathering info at this stage.
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We stayed near Pont Aven for a week & found it to be perfect for visiting the sites in the region.

We had visited the area on a prior trip, and didn't find the stuff near Auray to be of interest to us - except for Vannes. So we spent most of our time north of Lorient on our latest trip.

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