Monsieur loves to go camping. Me - not so much. Until summer 2015 I'd probably never spent even a single night in a tent without absolutely being forced to do so. But then we discussed the different possibilities of getting around in France and where to stay for the nights, and it became clear that camping would be the least expensive way and also give us more flexibility. I agreed, reluctantly, and clearly stated that I'd go and find a nice hotel if it wouldn't stop raining for a few days. So camping it was. We took a flight to Nantes and rented a car - and were on our way into the north, towards Côtes-d'Armor. Driving along the coast, we would reach the Finistère region and at the end of our two weeks, we'd spend some days more south in the Morbihan region.
This is the first of three blog posts, I decided to write one about each region we visited. And I've created a map on tripline in case you'd like to follow our route:
Driving north from Nantes took us half a day, in the evening we arrived at Camping de Matignon where we decided to stay for the first night.
The weather on the next day was just fantastic, and after a long day travelling we felt the urge to go hiking. Cap Fréhel turned out to be a wonderful idea. We started close to Fort la Latte, visited the lighthouse of Cap Fréhel and walked back across "les landes", moorland with a lot of different flowers and birds. It was a great day, although we didn't bring enough food with us. Our guide had stated that there's a restaurant at the Cap, but it wasn't open. So we were quite hungry when we finally arrived at our car again and soon after found the first of many great crêperies we visited during our trip. I particularly remember the bliss of drinking an ice cold "Breizh Cola"...
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| Fort La Latte |
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| Oyster beds |
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| The lighthouse at Cap Fréhel |
On our way west we visited Pointe de l'Arcouest the next day. From Pointe de l'Arcouest you normally have a great view towards Bréhat, an island just opposite. But the weather was quite misty and we couldn't see so much. The restaurants were not really what we'd expected, so we soon returned to Paimpol for lunch.
The Camping les Dunes in Port Blanc was a recommendation we found in the guidebook and it was a good one. The camping itself is quite basic, but the location is incredibly beautiful - in the dunes, only a few steps from the beach. We really enjoyed our stay there!
One evening we drove over to Plougrescant to see "Castel Meur", a house built in between of two massive, huge rocks. A great sight! But when we arrived there, two cars were parked in front of the house, so our photos are quite disappointing. You can find some information on the house and Plougrescant on this website (in French). We had a picnic and enjoyed the beautiful views on the sea, it really was a nice evening.
On our way back to the Camping, we stopped at Port Blanc and had a wonderful view of "La Sentinelle". One of the most impressive places I've ever seen, "La Sentinelle" means "the sentinel" and it's not hard to imagine why.
The next day we continued our trip, direction north-west, towards Finistère - the end of the world. More to come in my next blog post!
