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JERSEY – THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

The beautiful Jersey coastline.  The largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey is just off the coast of Normandy, in the Bay of St Malo, and easily accessed from a couple of …

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS – GUERNSEY & JERSEY

  St Peter Port harbour, Guernsey.  These two beautiful islands off the coasts of Brittany and Normandy form part of the larger group known in English-speaking cou…

RENNES – BRITTANY’S MEDIEVAL TREASURE

Square du Champ Jacquet.  The capital of Brittany, Rennes is a picture-perfect gem that will richly reward a couple of days’ exploration.  At a little over an hour and hal…

BELLE-ÎLE-EN-MER – THE IMPRESSIONISTS’ FAVOURITE ISLAND

Aerial view of Le Palais & La Citadelle.  Like many people familiar with the rugged coastal landscapes of Monet and other Impressionist painters, we had long been curi…