Nice Aires in Brittany (1 Viewer)

[Dorset Diver]

Been going to France regularly since the early 70's but have never "done" Brittany. Can any of you more widely travelled folk recommend nice coastal / village / farm Aires in the region. We will be in and around the area throughout May. Our passions; lovely walks and views, good local food (mine seafood), and wine. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Augusta08]

Nice aire in my town Port Louis , Morbihan looks out over the Petite Mere Du Gavre. Some nice aires all along the south coast which will be warm and pleasant in May. (I'll be there at home)

N47,70873 W3,34295

 

[2657]

Lots of Aires in the Presqu'ile de Guerande but this is our favourite: http://www.campercontact.com/en/fra.../42982/motorhome-parking-aire-de-brambel.aspx

Or this one nearby but with no services: http://www.campercontact.com/en/fra.../quimiac/42983/motorhome-parking-parking.aspx

The Fete Medieval in Guerande is on the 4th & 5th June this year, the walled town is worth a look anyway.

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[Deleted member 29692]

We liked Port de Dinan 48.454285 2.038393

There are no facilities but it's a very short walk to the port with plenty of bars and restaurants and a slightly longer one up the steps to the old town which is well worth exploring.

EDIT: There are no facilities at the aire but there is a service point fairly closeby in Dinan itself.

 

[FIDGET]

Hi dorset diver,
Here's some we visited back in sept 2015
some photos of our trip in the showcase section
FOUGERES
N48.35517 W01.21105
free & free services next to nice castle , a must to visit (not sure about dogs)

CAMPENEAC N47.95519 W02.28958
free aire , services chargeable & they are up in the village, lovely lakeside aire rural village.

ST GILDAS DE RHYS N47.52282 W02.85811
6 euro's parking , services extra, lovely beachside aire

CAMARET SUR MER N48.27421 W04.60834 large aire 6 euro's, services extra , well worth a visit just outside the aire an up to the right, 300 yrds from hilltop view of fab bay, nice walk down to deserted beach

LOCRONAN N48.09826 W04.21257
4 euro's , well worth a visit
really nice old town with beautiful church town a bit touristy

Plogoff N 48.03277, W -4.66231
rural free aire no services , a little bit out of village, sea views , services back in village chargeable

BOURG BLANC N48.49208 W04.50184
lovely free lakeside aire , free water

Lampaul Plouarzel N 48.44690, W -4.77744 6 euro's services extra showers & laundry on site + wifi
beachside aire, sort of terraced on sand , bit out in the sticks

TREGUIER N48.78944 W03.23163
riverside free aire no services

St. Cast le Guildo N 48.64316, W -2.24625 free aire on top of hill over looking harbour no services

ST ANDRE DES EAUX N48.38098 W01.99758 nice free lakeside aire
free water + toilet on site

Hope these help
Terry
ps sorry about large print , couldn't get rid of once started in error

 

[Taran_Las]

La Turballe - nice small town with a Marina & fishing harbour.

Arzan - close to beach. Not far to town (10 mins bike ride) with ginormous Marina. Boat trips around the gulf of Morbihan from Port Navalo.

Carnac - if you like stones (and lots of them)

Quiberon area - a couple of aires. Next to no facilities but a pleasant area. (The Savage Coast and it lives up to it's name).

Pointe du Raz - Very end of peninsular. Expensive aire with no facilities but an interesting place.

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[Clive]

Landerneau is a favourite of mine, 3 minutes to the town on an old municipal site so you get your own pitch and electric for €6 a night.
Port Plerin is also very pleasant to stay at, if you're at the front good river views.

 

[Allanm]

Just been around the coast from Roscoff to Piotou, now back home in Brittany.
We found a few nice Aires that we hadn't seen before, favourite one was at Nevez, Raguenez Plage. Tarmac parking for 10 vans ( may need chocks as its a bit sloping) overlooking the sea, lovely beaches to walk on, rock pools a plenty and an island to walk out to at low tide. Also a very nice but pricey restaurant a few yards away.
I'll try and post a couple of pics. There was one other van there when we were there on Saturday, who had a strange way of using his levelling chocks!

 

[Allanm]

Had to post this picture of the French van on levelling chocks. People were walking past and taking photographs!

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[Dorset Diver]

Had to post this picture of the French van on levelling chocks. People were walking past and taking photographs!

I expect he noticed when the liquid lunch had worn off .

 

[Allanm]

And here's a view from the edge of the aire itself.

Lots of walks along the beach and coastline, the end of the car park fills up with walkers in the early mornings.

 

[kelv]

We liked Port de Dinan 48.454285 2.038393

There are no facilities but it's a very short walk to the port with plenty of bars and restaurants and a slightly longer one up the steps to the old town which is well worth exploring.

EDIT: There are no facilities at the aire but there is a service point fairly closeby in Dinan itself.

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Agree nice aire close to town.
See pic of prices at dinan aire

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[Chockswahay]

All good advice but you'll be out of luck with local wine, they don't really grow vines in Brittany

 

[Dorset Diver]

All good advice but you'll be out of luck with local wine, they don't really grow vines in Brittany

No problem as I'm sure I will find some somewhere and if not local I will just have to rough it .

 

[2657]

All good advice but you'll be out of luck with local wine, they don't really grow vines in Brittany

Not quite.... Gros Plant de Nantais or Muscadet are produced in the area of Nantes which although not now in the administrative region of Brittany is still considered as part of Brittany by the locals.....and the road sign writers

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[Allanm]

Nice cider though.....

 

[FIDGET]

We liked Port de Dinan 48.454285 2.038393

There are no facilities but it's a very short walk to the port with plenty of bars and restaurants and a slightly longer one up the steps to the old town which is well worth exploring.

EDIT: There are no facilities at the aire but there is a service point fairly closeby in Dinan itself.

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If using this aire ( as said before no services ), we use the aire in Lehon only 1.5 miles away , reasonable car park free services (personally I wouldn't spend the night unless desperate but ideal for water etc.
PARKING: FREE SERVICES: FREE

OPENING TIMES: ALL YEAR

GPS CO-ORDS: N48.44195 W02.04262

DIRECTIONS: From DINAN take D12 SOUTH to LEHON. Turn RIGHT @ LES OURS bar to AIRE (signposted) on RIGHT .

SITE DESCRIPTION This municipal aire is located on the southern edge of Dinan, on the western side of the small village of Lehon -- close to the Abbey & the river. The aire is in the large tarmac parking area outside the Tennis Club

 

[Deleted member 29692]

If using this aire ( as said before no services ), we use the aire in Lehon only 1.5 miles away , reasonable car park free services (personally I wouldn't spend the night unless desperate but ideal for water etc.
PARKING: FREE SERVICES: FREE

OPENING TIMES: ALL YEAR

GPS CO-ORDS: N48.44195 W02.04262

DIRECTIONS: From DINAN take D12 SOUTH to LEHON. Turn RIGHT @ LES OURS bar to AIRE (signposted) on RIGHT .

SITE DESCRIPTION This municipal aire is located on the southern edge of Dinan, on the western side of the small village of Lehon -- close to the Abbey & the river. The aire is in the large tarmac parking area outside the Tennis Club

We used a different service point, closer than that. It was just that though, service only with no parking. I can't remember exactly where it was though and our book is in the van in storage.

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[Dorset Diver]

Thank you all for your helpful replies. It's wonderful to be able to ask almost anything on this site and get some help.

 

[Zoppydog]

Helpful for us too as we plan to go back to Brittany later in the year. We only touched on the area around Cancal and Carnac on our last visit in '14 we spent more time in Brittany as we were engrossed by the WW2 museums and memorials
Chris

 

[mikebeaches]

Just been around the coast from Roscoff to Piotou, now back home in Brittany.
We found a few nice Aires that we hadn't seen before, favourite one was at Nevez, Raguenez Plage. Tarmac parking for 10 vans ( may need chocks as its a bit sloping) overlooking the sea, lovely beaches to walk on, rock pools a plenty and an island to walk out to at low tide. Also a very nice but pricey restaurant a few yards away.
I'll try and post a couple of pics. There was one other van there when we were there on Saturday, who had a strange way of using his levelling chocks!

We stayed at Raguenez Plage, Nevez on Sunday evening - what a superb spot! Exactly as described by Allanm!

We arrived around 4.15 pm and were lucky to get one of the ten spaces, given it was a fine August afternoon.

No facilities, but a stunning location and completely FOC. It's listed in the 'All the Aires France - North' 2014 edition, on page 44, entry number Brittany 147. There are a couple of pics. Loved the panoramic view through the cab window out to sea.

The restaurant looked OK, but the prices were eye-watering - mains €29 - €49, puds mostly €17

Thanks for the tip-off.

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[WSandME]

We stopped at the municipal campsite in Binic a few years ago. Had a wonderful time. Host very pleasant - invited us to their annual Hog-Roast / BBQ.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...aa76ed20f9ebe8a!8m2!3d48.6063517!4d-2.8213681

Nice walk down to the beach and town.

We also stopped near St Malo at:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...:0x19926b019e18c5!8m2!3d48.635236!4d-2.029189

Interesting walk around the marina - old WW11 gun turrets mashed up by incoming shells are very thought provoking. Sorry, can't remember how we got from there to St Malo.

Others have already mentioned Dinan, Guerande &c..

 

[magicsurfbus]

We've used all of the following:

Tregastel/Poul Palud, for easy access to Pink Granite coast Sentier des Douarniers path & Ile Renote. Supermarket over the road.

Carnac town centre, for seeing the rows of standing stones. Bike is easiest.

Concarneau old rail station, for the walled town in the harbour

St Guenole (no services) is the nearest aire to the Pointe de la Torche beaches. No overnight parking at the beaches, but daytime is OK.

On Quiberon there's Port Blanc/Porz Guen which has no services but is convenient for one of the few sandy beaches on the Cote Sauvage side. Easy to cycle from there to the rest of the peninsula.

Fougeres, two aires, the one next to the old chateau on a rock is preferable - the other's basically a car park.

There's a spacious aire at Arzon, but we didn't rate the immediate area much - it all seemed a bit too modern. Only an opinion mind.

There's a small aire at Locronan (quaint cobbled village) - we haven't used that one.

Just below Brittany you've got 5 small aires dotted around Le Croisic. The one by the marina is most convenient. Service point is at the other one round the corner but in a less pleasant spot.

 

[Popeye]

@Khizzie I hope you are taking lots of notes here........ sure as hell gonna need them!

Griff

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[Khizzie]

@Khizzie I hope you are taking lots of notes here........ sure as hell gonna need them!

Griff

Hope you realise that I can't read French @Popeye. Hahahaha I'm relying on you ..hahahaha got my all the aires so hopefully we will have some fun ..

 

[mikebeaches]

Any more Brittany aire or campsite recommendations please - we're off that way soon!

Some great info in this thread by the way. Thanks

Mike