loisco

I read Underhill's agenda for this area...also Stu Dudley's.. but I need someone to clear my head and give me some idea of your favorite major cities or areas to head for. We will be coming from the Normandy Beaches (if I can drag my husband out of there).

I got out several books on Brittany which only made me more confused. We want to have time for the Dordogne and Loire area too and just looking at it all is mind-boggling. The more I read the more confused I get. It's almost as if I need to move there to see it all....as a reminder it's a 7 week trip by car with Paris last 10 days.

I think I am being overwhelmed with informatin. Need some sorting out perhaps with names of favorite areas..thanks

Michael

You might want to read my Trip Report: Ghent, Normandy and Brittany which can be accessed by typing the title in the search box. I highly recommend the calvaires in western Brittany.

Dave_in_Paris

Have not traveled extensively in Brittany, but last fall we visted the region around the Bay de Morlaix. Fabulous, mostly undeveloped countryside! Great antique hunting a bit inland! And a spectacular hotel in Carantec -- the Hotel de Carantec, with an off the room terrace overlooking the bay and Michelin two-star restaurant attached with a panoramic water view. Heaven!

cigalechanta

We love it all, We started out in Normandy in Honfleur and onto the landing beaches and followed the coastline into Brittany down to Honfleur and Belon to taste the famed oysters.

Dave_in_Paris

If you want a great read about Brittany, try "The Oysters of Locmariaquer" by Eleanor Clark (the wife of Robert Penn Warren.) This non-fiction won the National Book Award circa 1959. Stunning! There is no "aren't the French quaint and funny" stuff here. It's a stark and loving portrait of a Britany town, about oysters and oystering and regional lore -- with amazing, intimate sketches of the people who live and work tehre. No "aren't the French quaint and funny" stuff between these covers. Peter Mayle, eat your heart out!

sheila

The far south west- the Bigoudan. And read the Horse of Pride

cigalechanta

Another great book on the area, Sheila!!!. I tried to find Clochmerle in English with no results.