Destinations

Bed & Breakfasting with the French Aristocracy | Andrew Eames | France, Brittany, Hillion

It is surprisingly easy to invite oneself to stay with the French aristocracy. No society contacts, funny handshakes or certificates of pedigree required - only a certain cheek and a thick handbook called Le B&B.

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Dinard | David Clement Davies | France, Brittany, Cotes d'Armor

Dinard without the Brits would be a little like Cayenne without the pepper. There has been an Anglo-American community here since the middle of the nineteenth century

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Returning to Brittany | Ben Mallalieu | France, Brittany, Brittany

Spurred by his earliest holiday memories, Mallileau returns to Brittany to see how much both he and they have changed. But it still has as much to offer the children as it ever did

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Western France | Martin O'Brien | France, Brittany, Brest

I remember someone telling me that if Western France were a bird, it would almost certainly be an early bird since it possessed everything I could ever want from a country

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Finistère: Land of legends | Solange Hando | France, Brittany, Brest

On this most northerly point, the Celtic monk St Pol defeated the dragon to become one of Brittany’s founding saints

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Rain, roof-racks and pirates: a family holiday in France | Maxine Jones | France, Brittany, Roscoff

For families with young children it's hard to imagine a better holiday than camping on a four-star site with pools, waterslides, children's clubs, playgrounds, shops, bar and restaurants...For people without young children it would be hard to imagine one worse

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Art in the Chapels | Norman Miller | France, Brittany, Port Aven

Around us, five hundred year old white walls present an array of work whose paint has barely dried yet feels perfectly natural in its new home

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