we are thinking of buying an apartment in Trebeurden near the port de Plaisance. What should we know ? Are there noisy events? Are there any problems in the area? anything to be aware as a potential hazard.? What are the good things? Brian and Jill ... more

... think about renting a few gites or holiday cottages and use those as bases. Non-EU citizens can get preferential leasing deals from Renault and peugeot-Citroen which work out much cheaper than renting. Here's an example http://www.renaultusa.com/ Timo makes a good point about the weather ... more

... we stayed in a smaller gite with the smae owners as linked here (ref: W13690) it was a fab base right by the river Rance: http://www.cottages4you.co.uk/sites/cottages4you/pages/PropertyDetails_C.aspx?QS=3E0F3DCD-882D-4738-9E61-B90EA3C005F2~C~W13690~WEL~64~GBP~6~21~09 ... more

... each other so we can socialise in the evenings - or a 7 bed house/gite. We can avoid school holidays but would like the option of having things to do on a campsite or in close proximity. Preferably early September but could July might be a possibility. Any suggestions please ... more

... would dream of: http://www.gites-de-france.com/location-vacances-ploubazlanec-gite--,gites22_b2012.1.140328.G.html The area of this house is beautiful and generally recommendable. There are some other big houses in Cote'd Armor too, but seem to be none in Ille et Vilaine a ... more

... I made looks almost perfect on a quick look at least. The advantage for you about Bretagne is that there are some huge "longeres" = big farm houses converted into gites, which offer you a lot of capacity either as one single house or as several gites built into one building ... more

... ferry crossings from UK and gites through Britany Ferries. We spent a week in Guengat near Quimper for the coastline, A week in Plumelec near Josselin for the megalithic remains and a week in St Thegonnec for the Parish Closes. It has taken longer than expected to process all the ... more

... It does not have to be 'expensive' there are gites to be had (F_M is the expert on finding last minute deals) or Chambres d'Hote and some small Hotels really do not charge lots of money per night. Then you have budget Hotels like Formule1, Premier Classe etc ... more

... They have a lot of gites to choose from. http://www.brittanyferries.com/ We did the overnight sailing from Plymouth to Roscoff which got us there about 6.30am. At that time roads were very quiet and gave us chance to adjust to driving on the right and for me ... more