Brittany Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

recommended places to visit and things to do throughout Brittany


Grand Aquarium

Saint Malo

  • aquarium
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  • family-friendly
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • café
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  • shop
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  • nature
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  • wildlife

with a simulated descent aboard an underwater submarine and a touch pool where children can fondle rays and turbots, there are also excellent exhibits on local marine life, tropical reefs and mangrove forests

  • museum
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  • something different!
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  • limited opening
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  • pre-booking advised
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  • guided tours
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  • food & drink
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  • history

tracing the history of the local onion farmers, known as 'Johnnies' with photographs illustrating the story. Guided tour only

  • art gallery
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  • family-friendly
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • shop
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  • art

detailing the importance of the Pont Aven school of art, with many fine examples and a good resource library which is available to book in advance

  • historic house
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • architecture
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  • art
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  • needlecraft

illustrating the local history through art from the 16th to the 20th Century, as well as the trade in fabric. There is also a reconstruction of an apothecary shop, detailing the concoctions that were used as medicines in earlier days

  • art gallery
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  • family-friendly
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • shop
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  • antiques
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  • art

highlighting the Pont-Aven School of art and with a room dedicated to 18th Century curiosities, this modern art gallery has a wide range of exhibits as well as family friendly activities

  • fortress
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  • family-friendly
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • architecture
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  • furniture
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  • history
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  • military history

with interactive exhibits where visitors can experience wearing chain mail and the difficulties of hearing and seeing in medieval combat

  • art gallery
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • open year round
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  • limited opening
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  • shop
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  • art

with examples from the Barbizon School of Art and the Pont Aven School, both dating from the 19th Century, including examples of period sculpture and engravings