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Bretagne (Part II) – Morlaix & Roscoff

08 Friday Jun 2012

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Brittany, Chateau du Bois de la Roche, Great Drives, Great Villages, Locquenole, Morlaix, Roscoff

Central Morlaix

On our third day in Bretagne we headed further north close to the town of Morlaix, to a chateau called Chateau du Bois de la Roche, near Garlan and a few minutes outside of Morlaix.

On the way we first visited the coast taking D887 out of Port Launay to Camaret-sur-Mer. This is a rugged coastline with a lighthouse out on a point. There’s numerous trails to take and worth doing. If you drive right out to the point of Camaret there is parking and you’ll find the trail. Be careful with your footing in some of the areas!

After that we continued on E60 and on the way we turned off before Brest to visit Landerneau. We were close to Brest but decided to skip it. Its rather large town, much of it new as it was bombed quite a bit during WWII, so we decided on Landerneau instead. Landerneau is actually quite similar to Quimper. We enjoyed walking its old town streets, lined with well-preserved half-timbered buildings.

We continued on to the Chateau to get checked in and take a nap. The Chateau is owned by a German who bought the chateau with his wife some years before. Unfortunately shortly  the purchase of the chateau she died of cancer. He now rents out rooms, helped out by his son, while he takes care of the large property. Our room was on the third floor, shared with two other rooms. They were empty, which means the common sitting area and the shared bathroom, were all for us to use. This is something to be aware of when taking a room at a Chateau; do you get your own bathroom? If not, do you mind sharing? We prefer our own, but forgot to ask this time. Fortunately it worked out for us.

Château du Bois de la Roche
Château du Bois de la Roche
Chateau main salon
Chateau main salon
Chateau staircase/entry
Chateau staircase/entry
Chateau breakfast room
Chateau breakfast room
Central Morlaix
Central Morlaix
Marina at Morlaix
Marina at Morlaix
Morlaix with train bridge through middle of town
Morlaix with train bridge through middle of town
Morlaix
Morlaix
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Roscoff
Excalibur restaurant in Locquenole
Excalibur restaurant in Locquenole
Coastline of Camaret-sur-Mer
Coastline of Camaret-sur-Mer
Menhirs at Camaret
Menhirs at Camaret
The rugged coastline of Camaret
The rugged coastline of Camaret
Camaret-sur-Mer
Camaret-sur-Mer

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