Our mission: to pass the time until we could book into our holiday cottage, whilst entertaining our 6 year old. Having rejected "just hanging around" and spending the day at l'hypermarche we decided to drive down to Brest, about an hours drive from the ferry port at Roscoff.
GETTING THERE
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Advantages: Fantastic day out Disadvantages: Can be difficult to find, not all exhibits translated into English
Our mission: to pass the time until we could book into our holiday cottage, whilst entertaining our 6 year old. Having rejected "just hanging around" and spending the day at l'hypermarche we decided to drive down to Brest, about an hours drive from the ferry port at Roscoff.
GETTING THERE
The journey itself was straight forward and all on main roads, UNTIL we got to Brest itself. It was probably the combined effect of a bored child and two sleep ... ...not quite a long enough journey to get a good nights sleep, and they will insist on crossing the Channel which kept waking us up) but we didn't seem to be able to find any signs for the place. So we headed for the centre of town, thinking such a major attraction would be well signposted. Which it was. Eventually. After an extensive tour of Brest town centre, we made our way down to the end of a long road et voila!
ENTRANCE FEES
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Advantages: Stunning Cornwall-esque coastline Disadvantages: Long drive to get there
...wine and reading your holiday book. (Coastliners by Joanne Harris this year - set in Brittany!).
For alternatives to beach days we would highly recomment Oceanopolis in Brest, about an hours drive but worth it. This sea life centre is split into different zones like tropical, polar etc. The 'tanks' are huge, 2 storey high in places where you can watch all sorts of sea life from huge sharks to illuminated jelly fish. There is a film show where you feel as if you are in a helicopter going over the polar ice cap. It finishes with a screen going up and emperor penguins come to have a look at the strange human exhibits...or is that the other way round.
We also visited Concarneau, a fishing port with a fort where there are loads of shops, cafes and restaurants inside (a bit like Saint Michaels Mount if you've been there only smaller...
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