GREAT DESTINATIONS ❘ BRITTANY’S COAST


“THE RAIN HAD BLACKENED THE TREE TRUNKS, THE


OAKS WERE TINGED WITH


AUTUMN, AND MIST SEEPED THROUGH THE TREETOPS”


Further northwest is the Sillon de Talbert, an extraordinary sand and pebble spit that stretches 3km into the sea and which, in places, is little wider than a human body. The spit was breached in 2019, so a walk to the end needs pacing to avoid getting stuck but, with electric blue sea holly and wild asters for floral company, there’s plenty to occupy the senses for those who do. Moving west, Brittany’s north coast was at its most colourful along the Côte de Granit Rose, a spot worthy of extensive walks. I parked up to walk the GR34 from La Clarté to Coz-Pors, where the path cut through sets of pink-flecked giant boulders, like pieces of modern art, the heather, gorse and honeysuckle woven amongst them creating mosaics of colourful backcloth. These boulders continued further west, not in pink, but nonetheless big and bold. The Côte des Sables, beyond Roscoff, became my next place to step out. From Plouescat, the giant Keremma dune created one huge silky beach, stretching until Brignogan-Plages, where the giants appeared again. Through the Pays Pagan, megaliths, menhirs, and mega stones ‘grew’ among the massive cabbages and wild carrots, with dainty autumnal heads of pink and purple.


36 ❘ FRANCE TODAY Feb/Mar 2023


IMAGES © ALEXANDRE LAMOUREUX / BRITTANY TOURISM, CAROLINE MILLS, MARTIN VIEZZER, THIBAULT PORIEL, TEDDY VERNEUIL, MORBIHAN TOURISME: MARC SCHAFFNER, LOIC KERSUZAN


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