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La Bretagne se prête à tous types de voyages, des courtes escapades aux longues vacances, en itinérance ou en étoiles. Si vous voulez rayonner sur toute la région, choisissez un ancrage central : depuis Lorient, Saint-Brieuc ou le centre-Bretagne, beaucoup de points d'intérêt sont accessibles en 1h à 1h30. Destination nature, la Bretagne offre diverses activités extérieures : pêche à pied, virées en bateau, sports nautiques, randonnées au long cours à pied ou à vélo... C'est aussi une destination familiale, où les enfants apprécieront les légendes, les châteaux et les aventures au grand air. De multiples courts séjours sont possibles, d'autant que la région est bien desservie par le train et que tous les TER bretons acceptent les vélos à bord : citybreak à Rennes ou à Brest, virée à Vannes et dans le golfe du Morbihan ou encore week-end détente à Saint-Malo, entre thalasso, plage et balades sur la côte d'Emeraude.
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With your nose to the wind and your heart at high tide, more than one unusual experience awaits you on this peninsula bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. Stay in a lighthouse, a troglodyte or in Calamity Jane's ranch, or why not on a deserted island? Spend the night on a deserted islet off the coast of Molène in one of the two old seaweed dwellings, transformed into gites. Or practice glamping between land and sea.
Pedal on the velorail of Kreiz Breizh, take your children to play captain by sailing in the miniature harbor of Perros-Guirec, on a trawler, a fire boat or a lifeboat. Go to the end of the quay in the port of Binic-Etables-sur-Mer to the Crab Shack. Follow the Sardine Trail, learn how to make real Breton pancakes, learn about privateer cuisine and enjoy! Admire the sculpted rocks of Rothéneuf and the incredible Valley of Saints in Carnoët. Quite a program!
Brittany : The 12 keywords
# Bzh
It's a contraction of Breizh, the Breton name for Brittany. This acronym, which appeared in the 1960s on stickers on the back of cars, is a way of marking its attachment to the region: it can be found on souvenirs, on social networks with the hashtag #bzh or as a domain extension for websites (.bzh).
# Drizzle
It's true: sometimes, from time to time, it does rain in Brittany. Rarely a heavy downpour. Rather a small, fine, tight, penetrating and persistent rain: the famous drizzle. Characteristic of oceanic shores, these light rains do not prevent walks: they make them invigorating and nebulous, magical.
# Fest-noz
Invented in the 1950s, and now a Unesco World Heritage Site, the fest-noz ("night party" in Breton) is a kind of ball, where Breton dances are performed in groups, to live music of traditional inspiration. These events are very popular, inter-generational and convivial. Invigorating!
# Glaz
This Breton word, which is also spelled "glas", has no equivalent in French. It designates a palette of colours, between blue, green and grey. A nuance inspired by the Breton sea, with ever-changing hues, depending on the clouds, the sun, the season... An adjective full of poetry and fascination for this chameleon sea.
# Granite
Pink, blond, grey or bluish, granite is omnipresent in the region. This very hard rock forms a large part of its base and its coasts. Granite has been used to build many houses, castles, menhirs... It is also found, polished by erosion, in the enchanting chaos of the Pink Granite Coast or the forest of Huelgoat.
# Gwenn ha du
This is the name of the Breton flag, literally "black and white". Created in 1923 by an autonomist, it consists of black and white stripes with ermines in the left corner. It has lost its political connotation to become a popular emblem and today it flies in many festivals and gatherings, like proud little winks.
# Korrigans
They are the protagonists of Breton tales and legends. At night, these mischievous dwarves can play very bad tricks on humans, especially if they are disrespectful or reckless. But they also know how to be kind to those who deserve it. Rich and strong, they hide in caves, dolmens, moors or woods.
# Menhir
Brittany is the region that concentrates the greatest number of these standing stones, lined up like in Carnac or isolated in the countryside. Besides, the word is taken from the Breton: men (stone), hir (long). Erected from the5th millennium BC, these megaliths had a symbolic function, which remains mysterious even today.
# Browsers
A land of fishermen and sailors, Brittany has produced many great navigators: Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, the Malouin privateers Duguay-Trouin and Surcouf, the explorer of the sub-Antarctic islands Yves de Kerguelen... Today, the heroes of the seas are ocean racers such as Jean Le Cam and Armel Le Cléac'h.
# Headlight
A third of the lighthouses in France are in Brittany. It is even the region of the world that concentrates the most of them! Emblems of the coastal landscape, planted in the open sea or on rocky points, these stone sentinels fascinate and remind us of the reefs of the waves. Each lighthouse has its own history, architecture and light signal.
# Buckwheat
This plant, which is not a cereal despite its nickname of buckwheat, has long been a staple of the Breton diet: porridges, kig ha farz... Not forgetting the ever-popular galette! Growing in poor soils, buckwheat was once a symbol of rural misery, but it's now making a comeback, cooked up by top chefs.
# Yec'hed mat
The local tchin-tchin! Two words known to everyone in the region, even those who do not speak Breton. Yec'hed means health, mate means good, good. But be careful with the pronunciation: the c'h, a specific letter of the Breton alphabet, is pronounced like the Spanish jota. And the end of the word is often abbreviated, which means: yermat!
You are from here, if...
You don't run for shelter at the first drop of rain and you complain about those who say that it rains all the time in Brittany: you like the saying that "the weather is fine several times a day".
You don't mind swimming in an 18 degree sea. Your mantra: "Once in, it's good!
You know how to deal with the tide times and don't get trapped.
The yellow raincoat-blue boots combo is not necessarily part of your wardrobe. But you may have a sailor's jacket or some kind of fisherman's clothing.
You know a gull from a seagull: the former is bigger, has a red spot on its beak and squints at your sandwich.
You don't eat mussels in winter or scallops in summer: it's not the season!
You swear by salted butter. Sweet? A sacrilege!
You like to fly your Gwenn ha du flag at festivals or stadiums.
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