Brittany in October
 

We will be traveling to France in October. I would like to spend about five days in Brittany. Is this practical with Oct. weather? We will spend two days in Dinan. I thought of spending 1 or 1 days on the west coast and the same in the south. I need help with nice towns to stay in and what to see. Thanks in advance for your help.

Here's a link to articles on Brittany on the bonjourparis.com web site:


http://www.bonjourparis.com/pages/se...Jean+Underhill

Look at the ones called "On the Road in Brittany."

You can have some lovely weather in October in any given year. However, they have been having a rather cold, rainy summer so far so I wouldn't count on it. We will be there the end of Sept/beginning of Oct. We're just bringing slickers and warmer clothes as well as umbrellas and not planning on the weather stopping us. I would choose towns that have "inside" activities in case of rain--Rennes and Quimper come to mind. Love Dinan, though it's much nicer in sunshine than in rain.

Thank you both for the information. I was considering Quimper. I will look at it again. Is it worthwhile driving around the coastline from the north to the south? I can't find much information on it so I assume that it might not be worth the effort. Thanks

Our last trip to Brittany was in the late spring, and we had frequent rain showers--but no heavy rain. Just bring an umbrella and you'll be fine.

The northern coast is beautiful in its rougher, natural beauty. Water is colder with less sandy beaches. I love around the Emerald Coast at Ploumanach where the huge rocks are rose and the sea emerald green.

The southern coast is warmer with more true beaches and lovely seaside villages. Pont Aven, Concarneau, Locmariaquer. Carnac has the menhirs and dolmens, France's stonehenge.

On limited time, a lot of visiters don't make it all the way west to see the beauty of les Abers where you can still sometimes see the seaweed being collected by horsecart, the beautiful solitude of Pointe Saint Matthieu and its monastery. They choose to cut through the interior. Not a bad choice, beautuful lush green forest of Fouesnant, the parish close of Sizun, Lampaul-Guimilau, and Guimilau. The chateau of Josselin.

Can you tell I'm biased?!

I had a wonderful two weeks in Brittany last October. We didn't have much rain but do make sure you take along at least one really warm jumper and jacket if you make it over to the coast as the wind chill factor on a couple of the days was freezing, although the nominal temperature wasn't overly bad. I would second all the places mentioned by klondike. This is is one my favourite areas of France. The Michelin Green Guide to Brittany is an excellent reference, with suggested stops, drives etc.

Thanks again for all of your help. I think if the weather is ok we will make the drive around. What towns would you suggest staying in on the W. coast and the South. Has anyone enjoyed Quinper?

Quimper is agood base for the north part of "Brittany"-the south coast : Pointe du Raz, Concarneau, quimper,crozon and Vannes is agood base for the south part(Carnac,Quiberon, Presqu'ile de Rhuys, Vannes, Rochefort en terre,...) and Cancale a good base for the north coast(St Malo, St Brieuc,...).
Erik, from Vannes.