Bilingual guided tours, Suggested Useful Flakes of vocabulary in French and English and...splash! itinerary Local info contact info Please Hello - DAY 1 - Bonjour • Hire a cabin cruiser - Opening times - S’il vous plait VISIT THE MAISON MÉGALITHES • Canoe down the river SHOPS: Monday – Saturday 09.00 -19.00. Some shops close at lunchtime. ET LANDES (EXHIBITION IN ENGLISH) and marvel at the amazing views from home, if you call No Food shops are open on Sunday mornings. French phone numbers : add +33 Come and share nature AND DISCOVER THE MEGALITHS • Have a go at stand-up paddle and heritage discovery, Non AT SAINT-JUST boarding at Ile aux Pies - Restaurants - Rent a car mixing both languages! LUNCHTIME 12.00-02.00 pm • Europcar: 02 99 71 01 00 ENJOY THE GOOD BREAD AND PASTRIES • Enjoy a picnic by the water’s • Duval Automobiles: 02 99 71 40 50 For adults and kids from 6. EVENINGS 07.00-10.00 pm Merci OF GUILBAUD’S BAKERY IN RENAC edge Oui Tipping isn’t compulsory Taxis Île aux Pies & the canal, Yes Thanks EXPLORE THE MARAIS DE GANNEDEL • Try out an electric boat (but it’s a nice thing to do as there’s no 15% service charge…) • Cheval: 02 99 71 10 24 Saint Just megaliths, (MARSHES) • Taxis Redonnais: 09 66 94 75 35 the Don Valley… • Have a guided history tour - Cash machines - • Y. Violin: 09 63 02 04 59 of Redon harbour Santé ! GO SOUVENIR SHOPPING You will find them pretty much everywhere. Bicycle repare Ask our staff at the AT CHEZ MARIE-LOUISE, FOLLOWED BY • Go fishing NB: 200€ and 100€ notes are not accepted everywhere. • Cycles Chedaleux: 02 99 72 19 95 tourist office for dates A DRINK AND A PLATTER OF NIBBLES Cheers - French Public Holidays - Firefighters: 18 Au revoir and booking! AT THE COSY BAR IN REDON Police: 17 January 1 • Easter Monday • May 1 and 8 • Ascension Day Samu: 15 Goodbye - DAY 2 - Whit Monday • July 14 • August 15 • November 1 and 11 Emergency pharmacy: 32 37 December 25. Emergency call number: 112 VISIT SAINT-JEAN-LA-POTERIE, WATCH THE POTTERY CRAFTSPEOPLE AT WORK AND TRY YOUR HAND Views with a ‘wow’ factor ! A DECORATING POTTERY ENJOY QUALITY LOCAL FOOD AT Feast your eyes Tisquin (alcohol) LA BOGUE RESTAURANT, REDON ABSOLUTE MUSTS apples, quinces Eat roast chestnuts during the Bogue d’Or Festival MARVEL AT THE CHAPEL OF SAINTE- and tickle & honey hemp chocolate in October AGATHE AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT- PIERRE AND SAINT-PAUL AT LANGON your tastebuds! guérande salt Harvest Breton pineapple BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE VIEW at Tropical Parc AT LES CORBINIÈRES WHAT TO EAT IN PAYS DE REDON Palis (bread) • Savoury buckwheat galettes with sausage, cheese, Take a photo of a boat crossing the fields at Beganne egg and ham… from Renac - DAY 3 - • Sweet with butter, sugar, jam, honey, Bains-sur- Fégréac crepes milk jam The Rocher (rock) at the Île aux Pies, The Belvedere: a 360° panoramic salted butter caramel… • Sea and freshwater fish, seafood, climb to the top of the star of the lower Oust Valley view of the River and the -Brest Canal WALK AROUND THE DON VALLEY Learn how to make fire at Saint Just • Artichokes, cabbage and chestnuts. IN GUÉMENÉ-PENFAO souvenirs saint-just Langon IN SEARCH OF CARABOSSE, Tap your feet to Breton music in the centre of Redon WHAT TO DRINK IN PAYS DE REDON THE WICKED FAIRY Cider, beer, Tisquin, chouchen (mead), wine… L’Étang du Val (lake): Le Rocher du Veau: a colourful landscape Corbinières: a breath of fresh air cidre from the icing on the cake at the end of a walk which changes with the seasons and lush greenery Go skating at the famous ‘station des 5000’ ENJOY A DELICIOUS GALETTE AT WHERE TO BUY ALL THESE saint-charles’s farm THE CRÊPERIE DU MOULIN DE JUZET (a resort at 5000cm altitude !) At local markets: Redon market is held on Monday, Friday and in December Saturday mornings. Details of markets in other parts of Pays de Redon chestnut jam STOP OFF FOR A SWIM can be found in the tourist magazine or from staff in the Office de Tourisme. organic AT ÉTANG DE BUHEL IN PLESSÉ Pick a bunch of flowers for Carabosse, earthenware tisane from CALL IN AT THE FERME SAINT-CHARLES the wicked fairy HAND-MADE PRODUCTS To taste : cider, chocolate, herbal teas, from saint-jean l’amante verte TO BUY A BOTTLE OF EXCELLENT CIDER spirulina, excellent bread, Tisquin, jams, etc. la poterie (OR TWO…) Fall over your feet at a Fest Noz A pottery where you can order a bowl with chicken terrine (Breton dance evening) your first name on. with chestnut Some of those products are available at the tourist office boutique For your health, please eat at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day... Alcohol abuse is bad for consume in m oderation.

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NANTES Old stone buildings Why does Bretagne sound like Britain ? When Angles and Saxons poured in Britain, OFFICE DE TOURISME some Britons and Welsh hoisted up the anchor the map that DU PAYS DE REDON The towpaths beside the River Vilaine Abbey of Saint-Sauveur and landed South in Armorica. and the Nantes-Brest Canal. Leaving Great Britain and founding Place de la République • 35600 REDON A thousand year old gem, and pride of Redon, highlighting Romanesque and Gothic architecture. “Little Britain”, la “Petite Bretagne”. It’s flat (as far as your legs are #redonnelapeche 02 99 71 06 04 concerned, but the surrounding Chapel of Lieu-Saint [email protected] countryside is quite hilly…). Shanties in the Vilaine river Admire the frescoes in this chapel overlooking the Don Valley. During centuries, ships reached Redon docks, It’s safe (no cars). WWW.VISITSOUTHBRITTANY.COM Chapel of Saint-Melaine sailing to and fro with the tides. Consecrated to a local man who became adviser to King Clovis. facebook.com/Destination.Pays.de.Redon You’re out in the fresh air. In the 19th century, Swansea and Cardiff sailing ships brought coal, and bought local pine poles phon. /’mæp/ instagram.com/destinationpaysderedon The ruined castle for the British mines. map : noun. The Office de Tourisme has the label of Château de Rieux ‘Accueil Vélo’ with full information for OUR DESTINATION # ON SOCIAL NETWORKS Once a strategic fortress of the Kingdom of . something which helps you cyclists. Find out more little anecdotes La Butte des 5 Moulins wander around here and there, #redonnelapeche If you haven’t got a bike, you can hire Discover historic windmills and watermills on the moorland to discover the many surprises one, even an electric one to go faster. around Saint-Jacut-les-Pins. on the other side! of the Pays de Redon region!

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and a beautiful sunset The Don Valley criss-cross the region, with accommodation from nantes (73 mn) GUÉMÉNÉ-PENFAO at the heart of the Don Valley lies reserved for pilgrim In a beautiful landscape where the river has worn its way through MORE INFO WWW.VISITSOUTHBRITTANY.COM the slate. The area is great for walking, mountain biking, canoeing and horse riding. You can even have a ride in a horse and carriage Gather mussels from nantes penestin at spring tides driven by Michel of Les Roseaux de Callac. 0 5 km Guided nature walks in English and French to identify trees, wild (67 km) flowers and birdlife take place throughout the year. For more info, ask the Tourist Office team. blain L’OURS EN PLUS conception L’OURS : AGENCE graphique

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