Discover finistere

Discover towns and cities to visit in the finistere department.

Discover the town of guerlesquin  Guerlesquin is one of the Small Cities of Character of Brittany, with the rich person architectural heritage. It is also common Regional Natural reserve of Armorique. To discover: the old prison seigneuriale (1640), old the home…

Camaret sur mer  From the Port of Camaret to the point of PEN-Hir, the coast offers a splendid panorama on the sea of iroise: cliffs of the point of PEN-Hir, Pea Heaps, points of Toulinguet and Large Gouin. On these headlands swept by the wind broad, curious and rich dwarf vegetation of moors and heathers papers the ground. On the rocks and small islands, many colonies of marine birds which could be discovered by sea (excursions in boat).

Discover the city of quimper  Welcome in Quimper, capital of Finistere.  > Gothic Cathedral, important ramparts, four museums  > animated old workings, town of trade and markets, many festivals at the year  > A fifteen km of the sea and the most beautiful beaches of Southern Finistere, thalasso, golfs, veil, surfing, fishing, marinas…

Discover the ouessant isle  Ouessant, one believes to know it before discovering it… Like the Mount Blanc or the Holy Mount Michel, it is a ground of geography… Bout of the nose of Brittany and Europe, known of all the sailors, mediatized by the cinema, the TV and of many newspapers, it is a name become familiar. But it is a name which speaks also vigorously: the reefs which surround it, the currents of tide like that of Fromveur, one of most powerful of Europe, the winter storms fed the accounts which give the shiver. However since millenia of the migratory birds stop there to take again forces, sheep quietly ruminate there their life of sheep and especially the populations which live would not leave it there for nothing in the world. Because Ushant it is a haven of peace. The sky, the sea, the ground compete to offer colors to us to incomparable contrasts. With the corner of a small dry stone wall behind which the sheep shelter, between two hamlets with preserved architecture, landscapes of a great diversity open: cliffs and reefs wild and imposing, fine sand beaches with a sea turquoise blue, moors and heathers in flower with the blazing colors…

Discover the city of brest  It makes good food in Brest and in the surrounding cities. Here the stress with opposite course is taken. With two steps of the company, laboratory or faculty, nature is offered to the turning of a flowered moor or the hollow of a hiking trail. Laces of beaches and sheltered splits, small valleys secret, river mouths with the colours of watercolour, headlights exposed to moods of the sea, islands sown in the floods, the places of relaxation, sport, discovered and residence multiply emulously. The monuments of sacred art compose, in the smallest cities, of the architectural sets full with smoothness and inspiration. Castles, manors and megaliths enamel a campaign which is never too far from the large city. The oceanic climate brings softness throughout the year, the rate/rhythm of the tides and the plays of light guarantee the diversity of the show.