Within easy reach, you can laze on the Atlantic beaches of Damgan, Carnac or the Quiberon peninsular. Explore Chateaux and historic monuments including the alignments at Carnac. Visit the Paimpont Forest with it's Arthurian legends. The Medieval towns of Malestroit (10km), Josselin (15km) and Vannes (20km) have shops to browse and bustling street markets renowned for local crafts and delicious sea foods.

Lizio is only 10 minutes away with the Insectorium, Eco Museum and Wild boar reserve to delight the children.

St Aubin
Traditional French village under the protection of St Maurice. Houses, bars, restaruant and boulangerie are grouped around a 16th century church with magnificent carved wooden beams.

Callac
Has a famous grotto and stone carvings of the crucifiction.

Usefull Links:
www.brittany-bretagne.com
www.morbihan.com
www.brittany-ferries.com


Paimpont Forest

The magicical Forest of Paimpont ( Brocéliande ) covers some 20,000 acres, where the adventures of Merlin the enchanter and King Arthur are engraved forever. Visit the golden tree, symbol of the forest rebirth after the fire in 1990, Merlin's tomb, the fantastic 'Valley of no return', and the Fountain of Eternal Youth. For the more spiritual among you, this is a definitely not to be missed! Guided tours of the forest sites are organized by the tourist office during the summer months.
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Quiberon

A peninsular with it's own unique micro climate. Long fine sandy beaches, sheltered from the waves of the atlantic, contrast with intimate small creeks and the wild expanses of the coastline where the ocean beats up against the sheer rocks. A great place to taste the sea food and fish from the gulf, or enjoy Boat trips to Belle Ile, Houat or Hoëdic. Of course, you could just lie and soak up the sun. For some general information see www.quiberon.com.
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Lizio

The finely worked stone residences of this quiet yet charming town, are a sign that this is a region of granite workers. Lizio is a place rich with the flavours of its local products.
It has a wild boar farm, on the Josselin road, where you can savour terrines, rillettes (potted meat) and salamis.
At Cervoise Lancelot (Lancelot ale) brewery, in the old buildings of the Villeder, you can taste the drink which was prized by the Gauls. The Poète Ferrailleur (scrap merchant poet) Museum at La Ville Stéphant, houses a fabulous imaginary universe created by Robert Coudray (see picture).
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Carnac

There are more than 30 prehistoric sites and over 3,000 ancient standing stones near the town of Carnac. This is the biggest megalithic monument in the world, dating back to around 4,500BC. Important safeguard measures were taken in 1991 to help restore the surrounding soils and vegetation from erosion, so some of the 'allignments' are still fenced off from the public. If you want to actually get to the stones, then it's worth calling the Carnac Tourist Office to find out what the current situation is, as it varies from year to year. See www.megalithia.com/brittany/carnac/ for more information. There is a show about the stones in the 'Archeoscope' next to the Alignements du Menec, presented in French, English and German.
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Josselin (15km)

Josselin is a " petite cité de caractère" (small town of historical interest). The charm of the town is in its medieval dwellings, making it very picturesque. It still has its splendid castle, built on a rocky spur overlooking the Oust. It is a particularly interesting castle to visit Tel: 33 (0)2.97.22.36.45.
The "Musée de la Poupée" (Doll Museum) which is housed in the outbuildings of the castle has a fine collection of nearly 600 dolls.
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Vannes (20km)

City of art and history, nestles in the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan. Its remarkably well preserved ramparts shelter a beautiful mediaeval city (timber-framed buildings, town houses...). with shops to browse and bustling street markets renowned for local crafts and delicious seafoods.
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