Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Brittany: Mont-Saint-Michel, Saint-Malo and Quimper
8 days from Paris by TGV: a night on Mont-Saint-Michel, two nights in Saint-Malo with Dinan, the Pink Granite Coast, two nights in Quimper with the Crozon peninsula, then Carnac and Vannes.
8 days · Round trip from Paris · up to 12 guests
Ploumanac'h lighthouse on the Pink Granite Coast Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phare_de_Ploumanac%27h_04.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 8 days, 7 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Paris
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Longest drive
- 3 h on day 6No drive day is longer than 4 hours.
- Activity level
Moderate
Easy to moderate. Expect 6 to 10 km on foot most days, on cobbles, ramparts with steps, sand and the GR34 coastal path, which is rocky and uneven in places. Mont-Saint-Michel is a few hundred steps up through the village and abbey. The longest drive is under three hours, split into short legs, and every walk has a shorter option or a café to wait in.
- Meals included
- 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 3 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 995 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to September
Highlights
Why this trip
- An evening on Mont-Saint-Michel after the day visitors leave, and the abbey at opening the next morning
- The ramparts of Saint-Malo at low tide, out to the Grand Bé island on foot
- Dinan's half-timbered Rue du Jerzual down to the port on the Rance
- Oysters at the Cancale market, eaten on the sea wall
- The pink granite boulders and lighthouse at Ploumanac'h on the coastal path in evening light
- A crêperie dinner with Breton cider in Quimper's old town
- The cliffs of Pointe de Pen-Hir and a coastal walk on the Crozon peninsula
- Thousands of standing stones at Carnac, then the walled town of Vannes
What makes this trip different
Short drives, all published
Every drive is listed day by day, and none is longer than 4 hours.
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 995 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
The longest drive is 3 h, on day 6.
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Paris by TGV to Mont-Saint-Michel
Paris Montparnasse by TGV to Rennes, then Mont-Saint-Michel
- Dinner
- Stay in Mont-Saint-Michel
- Drive about 1 h
A driver meets you at Charles de Gaulle or Orly, or at your Paris hotel if you arrived early, and brings you to Montparnasse station, where your See Sight Tours guide meets the group. The TGV takes about an hour and a half to Rennes, the Breton capital, and our minivan and driver are waiting outside the station. It is about an hour north to the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
Afternoon
We arrive in the late afternoon, as the day visitors start to leave, and cross by the shuttle and the footbridge with an overnight bag; your main luggage stays in the van. Check in on the island or right beside it.
Evening
In the early evening your guide takes you up the Grande Rue and along the ramparts, watching the light go over the bay and, if the tide is coming in, the water racing across the sands. Then we sit down together for a welcome dinner, with the abbey floodlit above.
Included
- Pick-up at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly (ORY) or a central Paris hotel
- TGV from Paris Montparnasse to Rennes
- The shuttle across to Mont-Saint-Michel
- Evening walk on the ramparts with your guide
- Welcome dinner on or beside the island
Easier option: Stay in the lower village for the evening and skip the climb to the ramparts.
More active option: Walk the footbridge both ways instead of the shuttle, about 2.5 km each way from the shuttle stop.
Free time: Late evening free on the island
Activity: Plan to land in Paris by about 11 am to make the early-afternoon train; the meeting time is confirmed with your final itinerary. The Grande Rue is steep and cobbled. Bring a small bag for the night.
The abbey at opening, then Saint-Malo
Mont-Saint-Michel to Saint-Malo
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Saint-Malo
- Drive about 1 h
We climb to the abbey at opening (9 am from May to August and 9:30 in September on the current timetable, confirmed when we book), ahead of the first shuttles of day visitors. Your guide takes you through the abbey church on the summit, the cloister that hangs over the bay, and the Merveille, the 13th-century Gothic monastery buildings stacked up the north face of the rock. Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1979. Back across to the van, we cross into Brittany and drive about an hour west to Saint-Malo, the walled port of corsairs and explorers.
Afternoon
After a sit-down seafood lunch inside the walls, your guide walks you round the ramparts, about 2 km of wall with views over the beaches and the forts on their islands. Most of the old town was destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt stone by stone. At low tide we walk out to the Grand Bé, the island where the writer Chateaubriand is buried.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- The abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel at opening with your guide
- Sit-down seafood lunch in Saint-Malo
- Walk on the Saint-Malo ramparts with your guide
- The Grand Bé on foot at low tide
Easier option: Skip the abbey climb and spend the morning in the lower village; in Saint-Malo, walk one stretch of the ramparts and wait at a café by the Porte Saint-Vincent.
More active option: Walk the full rampart circuit before breakfast on the Mont, then the long beach of the Sillon in Saint-Malo in the evening.
Free time: Evening free in Saint-Malo
Activity: A few hundred steps through the village and abbey, then about 5 km in Saint-Malo. The Grand Bé crossing depends on the tide and may move to day 3.
Dinan and the oysters of Cancale
Saint-Malo to Dinan, then Cancale and back to Saint-Malo
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Saint-Malo
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
A short morning drive, about 35 minutes up the Rance valley, brings us to Dinan, a medieval town on a ridge above the river, ringed by nearly three kilometres of walls. Your guide walks you through the half-timbered streets around the Place des Merciers, past the Saint-Sauveur basilica, where the heart of the knight Bertrand du Guesclin is kept, and down the steep, cobbled Rue du Jerzual to the old port on the Rance, where boats tie up below the viaduct.
Afternoon
Lunch is sit-down in the old town. In the afternoon we drive about 50 minutes east to Cancale, the oyster town on the bay. At the stalls by the harbour, oysters are opened for you to eat on the sea wall with a squeeze of lemon, looking out to Mont-Saint-Michel on a clear day.
Evening
On the way back we stop at the Pointe du Grouin, the headland at the tip of the Emerald Coast, before an evening free in Saint-Malo.
Included
- Walk through Dinan with your guide: the Place des Merciers, Saint-Sauveur and the Rue du Jerzual to the port
- Sit-down lunch in Dinan
- Oyster tasting at the Cancale market
- The Pointe du Grouin headland
Easier option: The van can meet you at the bottom of the Rue du Jerzual, so you walk down the steep street but not back up.
More active option: Walk the Dinan town walls, then the coastal path from Cancale harbour to the Pointe du Grouin, about 7 km, while the van meets you at the headland.
Free time: Evening free in Saint-Malo
Activity: About 6 to 9 km on foot. The Rue du Jerzual is steep and cobbled. If you do not eat oysters, the market sells other shellfish and there are cafés on the quay.
Tréguier and the Pink Granite Coast
Saint-Malo to Tréguier, then Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Perros-Guirec
- Drive about 2.5 h
We head west along the north coast, about an hour and fifty minutes, to Tréguier, a small cathedral town above the estuary of the Jaudy, with a half-timbered square and the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Tugdual and its cloister.
Afternoon
Lunch is sit-down in the town. Then it is twenty minutes on to Perros-Guirec, check in, and out onto the Pink Granite Coast in the late afternoon, when the light warms the rock. Your guide walks you along the Sentier des Douaniers, the old customs officers' path, from Trestraou beach to the lighthouse at Ploumanac'h. For about 3 km the path weaves between enormous pink granite boulders worn by wind and sea into shapes the locals have named, with the Sept-Îles bird islands out to sea.
Evening
We finish in the harbour at Ploumanac'h, and the evening is yours, with plenty of seafood restaurants on the beach and in the port.
Included
- Tréguier: the cathedral of Saint-Tugdual and its cloister
- Sit-down lunch in Tréguier
- The Sentier des Douaniers from Trestraou beach to Ploumanac'h lighthouse with your guide
Optional experiences
- A boat trip around the Sept-Îles bird reserve from Perros-Guirec, where it runs on your date (priced at booking)
Easier option: Walk only the last kilometre of the path to the lighthouse from the Ploumanac'h side; the van drops you close by.
More active option: Carry on past the lighthouse to the Ploumanac'h harbour and the oratory of Saint-Guirec, about 5 km in all.
Free time: Evening free in Perros-Guirec
Activity: About 5 km on foot. The coastal path is mostly well made but has steps and rocky sections; stay on it, as the boulders are slippery.
Locronan, then a crêperie night in Quimper
Perros-Guirec to Locronan, then Quimper
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Quimper
- Drive about 2.5 h
Today we cross Brittany from the north coast to Finistère, about two hours on fast roads with a coffee stop. Our first stop is Locronan, a village built of grey granite on the wealth of the sail-cloth trade, with a square of 17th and 18th-century merchants' houses around its church that has barely changed in two centuries.
Afternoon
We have a sit-down lunch in the village before the last twenty minutes to Quimper, our base for two nights. In the afternoon your guide walks you through the old town, where the Odet river runs between flower-hung footbridges, half-timbered houses lean over the lanes, and the twin spires of the Saint-Corentin cathedral rise over the rooftops. We also visit a Quimper faience workshop, where the painted pottery the town has made since the 17th century is still decorated by hand, if it is open on our date.
Evening
In the evening we eat together at a crêperie: buckwheat galettes, sweet crêpes and Breton cider in a bowl.
Included
- Locronan village with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Locronan
- Walk through Quimper's old town and the Saint-Corentin cathedral with your guide
- A Quimper faience workshop, where open on our date
- Crêperie dinner with cider
Easier option: Rest at the hotel after check-in and join the group again for the crêperie dinner.
More active option: Climb the Mont Frugy, the wooded hill across the river, for the view over the cathedral before dinner.
Free time: Late afternoon free in Quimper
Activity: About 5 km on foot on cobbles and flat riverside paths. The faience workshop keeps its own hours; if it is closed, we visit the Musée de la Faïence or the Breton museum instead.
The Crozon peninsula
Quimper to the Ménez-Hom, Pointe de Pen-Hir and Camaret-sur-Mer, then Morgat and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Quimper
- Drive about 3 h
A day out to the Crozon peninsula, the cross-shaped headland at the western end of Brittany inside the Armorique regional nature park. We stop first on the Ménez-Hom, a bare hill of heather and gorse at about 330 m, for the view over the Bay of Douarnenez and the whole peninsula.
Morning
We reach the Pointe de Pen-Hir by mid-morning, before the coaches: sheer sandstone cliffs about 70 m high above the Atlantic, with the rock stacks of the Tas de Pois marching out to sea. From here your guide leads the coastal walk on the GR34 path towards Camaret, along the cliff top and down past the long beach of Veryac'h.
Afternoon
Lunch is sit-down by the harbour in Camaret-sur-Mer, beside the little chapel and the Vauban tower. In the afternoon we drive round to the Pointe de Dinan and its rock arch and on to Morgat's sheltered bay for an ice cream, then back to Quimper, about 1 h 15.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- The Ménez-Hom viewpoint
- Pointe de Pen-Hir and the Tas de Pois
- Coastal walk on the GR34 with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Camaret-sur-Mer
- The Pointe de Dinan and Morgat
Easier option: Walk the short loop around the Pen-Hir headland, about 1.5 km, and ride the van to Camaret to meet the walkers.
More active option: The full cliff walk from Pen-Hir to Camaret harbour, about 6 km with some climbs.
Free time: Evening free in Quimper
Activity: About 3 to 8 km on foot depending on the option you choose. The cliff tops have no fences and are exposed to wind; bring a warm layer and shoes with grip.
Cider, the stones of Carnac and Vannes
Quimper to a cider farm near Fouesnant, then Carnac and Vannes
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Vannes
- Drive about 2.5 h
We start twenty minutes south of Quimper in the orchards around Fouesnant, where a family producer shows how Cornouaille cider is pressed and aged, and pours their cider, pommeau and apple juice to taste.
Afternoon
Then it is about an hour and a quarter east to Carnac, for a sit-down lunch before the stones. Around 3,000 standing stones, set up in long rows more than 6,000 years ago, run for about four kilometres across the heath here, one of the largest groups of standing stones anywhere. The megaliths of Carnac and the Morbihan shore were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2025. We see the Ménec and Kermario rows with your guide and the Maison des Mégalithes, joining a guided visit inside the fenced areas where one runs on our date.
Evening
Half an hour on is Vannes, a walled town on the Gulf of Morbihan, where we check in with time to rest before a farewell seafood dinner. The guided walk through Vannes waits for tomorrow morning, so today stays at three stops.
Included
- Cider farm visit and tasting near Fouesnant
- Sit-down lunch in Carnac
- The Carnac alignments (Ménec and Kermario) and the Maison des Mégalithes with your guide
- Farewell seafood dinner in Vannes
Easier option: See the Ménec row from the visitor paths and the Maison des Mégalithes, and wait at the café while the others walk to Kermario.
More active option: Walk the paths along the rows from Ménec to Kermario, about 4 km, while the van meets you at the far end.
Free time: Late afternoon free in Vannes before dinner
Activity: About 4 km on foot, on flat heath paths and cobbles. Access to the stones is fenced in the main season to protect them; the guided visits inside are run by the national monuments service and are confirmed when we confirm your dates.
Vannes by TGV to Paris
Vannes to Paris Montparnasse by TGV, then Charles de Gaulle or Orly airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
A last morning in Vannes. After breakfast your guide walks you through the old town: the gardens below the ramparts, the old wash-houses on the stream, the half-timbered lanes around the cathedral of Saint-Pierre, and the harbour at the end of the walls. If it is a market day, the stalls of fish, cheese and Breton butter cakes fill the squares. In the late morning we walk or ride the few minutes to the station and take the direct TGV to Paris Montparnasse, about two and a half to three hours across Brittany and the Loire country. Your guide travels with you to Paris. At Montparnasse a driver takes you on to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) or Orly (ORY), about an hour by road, or to a Paris hotel if you are staying on. Many guests add a few nights in Paris, or join our Normandy trip for the D-Day beaches; ask us when you book and we will quote the extra nights and connections.
Included
- Walk through Vannes old town and the rampart gardens with your guide
- TGV from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse
- Transfer from Montparnasse to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly (ORY) or a central Paris hotel
Easier option: Walk only the rampart gardens, close to the hotel, and rest before the train.
More active option: Walk the ramparts and out along the harbour to the start of the Gulf of Morbihan path before the train.
Free time: Lunch on the train or in Paris is your own
Activity: About 3 km on foot in Vannes. The drive figure for this day (about 1 h, 35 km) is the road transfer from Montparnasse to the airport; the TGV itself takes about 2.5 to 3 h and is not counted as driving. We reach Paris in the mid-afternoon. For an international flight the same day, book a departure after about 8 pm; otherwise stay a night in Paris and fly the next day.
- Parisstart
- Mont-Saint-Michel1 night
- Saint-Malo2 nights
- Perros-Guirec1 night
- Quimper2 nights
- Vannes1 night
- Parisend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: Brittany is mild and changeable: expect sun and showers in the same day from May to September, with highs mostly in the high teens to low twenties Celsius and cool, windy headlands. May and June bring sea pinks and gorse on the cliffs and the longest evenings; July and August are warmest and busiest at Mont-Saint-Michel and Saint-Malo; September is quieter. Gannets nest on the Sept-Îles off Perros-Guirec, and puffins are there in spring and early summer.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want the real Brittany, not just Mont-Saint-Michel on a Normandy tour
- Coastal walkers who like a cliff path with an easy way out
- Food lovers: oysters, crêpes, cider and seafood every day
- A quiet night on Mont-Saint-Michel after the crowds
- A small group with free evenings in Saint-Malo and Quimper
Not for you if you want
- Step-free access: Mont-Saint-Michel, the ramparts and the coastal paths have steps, cobbles and rocky ground
- Travellers who want time in Paris; the trip only passes through the station
- Guaranteed sunshine: Breton weather changes by the hour, even in July
- Winter travel: the trip runs from May to September
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
7 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Mont-Saint-Michel1 night
- Saint-Malo2 nights
- Perros-Guirec1 night
- Quimper2 nights
- Vannes1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 7 nights: 1 on Mont-Saint-Michel or right beside it at the shuttle stop, 2 in Saint-Malo, 1 in Perros-Guirec on the Pink Granite Coast, 2 in Quimper's old town, 1 in Vannes
- Central hotels of at least a good 3-star standard, named when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly (ORY) or a central Paris hotel, and drop-off at the end
- TGV from Paris Montparnasse to Rennes and from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse, standard class
- A private air-conditioned minivan and driver for the group from Rennes to Vannes
- The shuttle across to Mont-Saint-Michel
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip, from Paris to Paris
- Local guides where sites require them, such as inside the Carnac alignments
Activities
- Mont-Saint-Michel: an evening on the ramparts and the abbey at opening with your guide
- Saint-Malo: the ramparts and the Grand Bé at low tide
- Dinan: the old town and the Rue du Jerzual to the port
- Cancale: oyster tasting at the market, and the Pointe du Grouin
- Tréguier: the cathedral and cloister
- Perros-Guirec: the Sentier des Douaniers to Ploumanac'h lighthouse
- Locronan village
- Quimper: the old town, the cathedral and a faience workshop where open
- The Crozon peninsula: the Ménez-Hom, Pointe de Pen-Hir, the coastal walk, Camaret and Morgat
- A cider farm visit and tasting near Fouesnant
- Carnac: the alignments and the Maison des Mégalithes
- Vannes: the old town and the rampart gardens
Meals
- Breakfast daily (7)
- Sit-down lunches on days 2 to 7 (6)
- 3 dinners: a welcome dinner at Mont-Saint-Michel, a crêperie dinner with cider in Quimper and a farewell seafood dinner in Vannes
- Oysters at Cancale and the cider tasting
Not included
- International flights to and from Paris
- Travel insurance
- Visas or travel authorisations, such as ETIAS when it applies
- Lunch on day 1, and dinners other than those listed
- Drinks, except cider with the crêperie dinner and the cider tasting
- Tips
- Optional activities, such as the Sept-Îles boat trip
- Hotel nights in Paris before or after the trip
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 995 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
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Questions
What does the price include?
Seven nights in central hotels, one on or beside Mont-Saint-Michel, breakfast daily, six sit-down lunches, three dinners, the TGV both ways, airport transfers, a private minivan and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every visit in the day plan, from the abbey to the Carnac stones, plus the Cancale oysters and a cider tasting.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests in one minivan. That is small enough to reach Locronan, Ploumanac'h and the Crozon headlands on roads where large coaches cannot park, to hear your guide on a windy cliff top, and to sit around one table at lunch.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from Montparnasse station on day 1 to Paris on day 8. Local guides join where a site requires them, such as the guided visits inside the Carnac alignments. We name your guide when we confirm your dates.
How fit do I need to be?
Easy to moderate. Expect 6 to 10 km on foot most days, on cobbles, rampart steps, sand and the rocky GR34 coastal path, and a few hundred steps up to the abbey. Every walk has a shorter option, and on the Crozon peninsula you can ride the van between headlands while others walk the cliff path.
I am travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
A room of your own is from CAD 995 more, shown before you book and never added at checkout. Solo travellers join the same small group, eat at the same table and get the same room standard. If you would like to share, ask us and we will try to match you with another guest.
When is the best time to go to Brittany?
May to September. May and June bring wildflowers on the cliffs and the longest evenings for the island night; July and August are warmest and busiest at Mont-Saint-Michel and Saint-Malo; September is quieter and often settled. Expect showers in any month, and bring a waterproof layer.
Is Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany or Normandy?
Normandy, just. The border runs along the Couesnon river, a few kilometres west of the Mont, and the two regions have long had a friendly rivalry over it. We spend the first night there, then cross into Brittany on day 2 and stay in Brittany until the train back to Paris.
Why are some stops only one night?
Three of the five stops are one night because Brittany is crossed one way, from Mont-Saint-Michel to Vannes. The Mont night is for the empty evening and the abbey at opening, Perros-Guirec for the coastal path at dusk, and Vannes for the walk before the train. Saint-Malo and Quimper, the two bases with day trips, get two nights each.
Should I choose this trip or your Normandy trip?
Choose this trip for the Breton coast, food and towns: Saint-Malo, Dinan, the Pink Granite Coast, Quimper, Crozon and Carnac. Choose Paris and Normandy for the D-Day beaches, Giverny and Paris itself. Both include a night on Mont-Saint-Michel, and we can quote them back to back.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide and vehicle. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we can quote the same hotels and trains for you.
Do I need a visa for France?
Canadian and US passport holders do not need a visa for a stay of up to 90 days. The EU now records fingerprints and a photo at the border. The ETIAS travel authorisation is not yet in force and has no confirmed start date; we tell you if it applies to your dates when you book.
How much does it cost and how do I book?
The small group starts from CAD 6,195 per person sharing a room, with taxes, and the private trip from CAD 11,150. Pick your start date and request to book; we confirm your trip within 24 hours. No payment is taken until we have confirmed.
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