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ROCHEFORT-EN-TERRE, A ‘PLUS BEAU VILLAGE DE FRANCE’

 

The main street of Rochefort-en-Terre. 

Sitting high on a rocky promontory above the valley of Gueuzon and the River Arz, Rochefort-en-Terre is a village in the countryside of the Morbihan departement of south-west Brittany. Not only classified as one of the ‘Plus Beau Villages de France’ it has also been designated a ‘Petite Cité de Caractére’ and a ‘Ville Fleurie’, making it one of the Brittany’s most visited sites.  As well as the charm of the village itself, there is also a medieval chateau on the edge of town.  It was not surprising that Rochefort-en-Terre was voted by the French themselves in 2016 as their favourite village of the year.

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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 countries as the Channel Islands, or les Iles de la Manche from the French perspective.  Easily accessible by the regular car ferries plying back and forth from St Malo a couple of times a day, they offer a fascinating, and quite unique, addition to a European itinerary.

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