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Summary

Brittany With Your Family is a full-colour, practical and accessible book for independently minded UK families looking to make the most of their family holiday. The guide highlights the best opportunities for families in the region and offers expert opinion on where to stay, where to eat and where to spend your holiday time enjoyably. Includes: Family Highlights, Best Animal Parks, Best Beaches, Best Castles & Museums, Best Markets & Shops, Best Indoor & Outdoor Activities Details how to plan a trip a family trip to Brittany with all the practical advice you need to know. Includes sections on Child-Friendly Events & Festivals, Markets, Family-friendly accommodation and family-friendly dining. The guide covers: Ille-et-Vilane, Cotes drs"Armor, Finistere, Morbihan and the best villages, towns & cities within these areas such as Rennes, St-Malo, Mont-St-Michel, Dinan, Brest, Carnac among others.

Author Biography

Rhonda Carrier (Brittany, France and Manchester, UK) was born in the Midlands but spent much of her teens wandering and lived in Hong Kong and Vienna before studying languages and literature at Cambridge and the Sorbonne in Paris. During the 1990s she lived in London where she worked as a writer and editor for local guides and listings magazines, as well as publishing some award-winning short fiction. Since meeting her husband, the writer Conrad Williams, she has divided her time between Manchester in the UK and a crumbling old cognac farm in France, accompanied by their sons Ethan and Ripley.

About the Author v

An Additional Note vi

1 Family Highlights of Brittany 1

Brittany Family Highlights 2

Best Accommodation 7

Best Dining 9

2 Planning a Family Trip to Brittany 11

Visitor Information 14

Essentials 22

Accommodation & Dining 32

Fast Facts 41

3 Ille-et-Vilaine 49

Visitor Information 52

What To See & Do 54

Family-Friendly Dining 83

Family-Friendly Accommodation 90

4 Morbihan 99

Visitor Information 102

What To See & Do 104

Family-Friendly Dining 133

Family-Friendly Accommodation 140

5 Côtes d’Armor 151

Visitor Information 154

What To See & Do 156

Family-Friendly Dining 179

Family-Friendly Accommodation 184

6 Finistère 189

Visitor Information 192

What To See & Do 194

Family-Friendly Dining 225

Family-Friendly Accommodation 233

Index 241

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