14 August 2015 by Annaliza Davis
48 hours in Vannes
With half-timbered buildings, gorgeous boutiques and a marina leading to the open sea, Vannes seems to have it all. Annaliza Davis explains why this gem in Brittany tops the polls…
Posts Tagged ‘Breton culture’
13 March 2015 by Gillian Thornton
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention – Sounds of Brittany
The traditional music of Britain and Brittany has much in common. Gillian Thornton met Fairport Convention’s amiable bass guitarist Dave Pegg. Sitting beneath a black and white Breton flag, surrounded…
06 March 2015 by Amy Buckingham
La Ville Onzaine – a cottage betwixt Dinan and the Sea
If you’ve ever taken the ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo, then you’re probably familiar with the road south from the seaport to the walled town of Dinan. It’s a beautiful…
09 January 2015 by Dominic Roskrow
Le whisky?
French whisky? Not only does it exist but one distillery in Brittany is making a whisky that is unique. Renowned whisky connoisseur Dominic Roskrow paid a visit. Whisky – the…