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For carbon-conscious Brits, wary of spending too much on travel in the current economic climate, holidaying close to home has rarely seemed more appealing. Easy to get to from the UK, Brittany has ferry ports at Roscoff in the west, St-Malo in the east, and Normandy's ports close by as well. With its long coastline of sweeping beaches, rocky headlands, estuaries and inlets, Brittany has much in common with Cornwall, and the Breton people, like the Cornish, can trace their ancestry back to the Celts. In the North, glorious sandy beaches dot the Côte d'Emeraude and the Côte de Granit Rose, interrupted by bustling seaside resorts, fishing villages and oysterbeds. Families in search of bucket-and-spade country have also long favoured the fine, slowly-shelving beaches along the Golfe de Morbihan and the Côte d'Amour on the gentler southern shore. Windswept but picturesque fishing communities nestle in the wild, dramatic landscape of Finistère in the west, where you can sample some of the best of Brittany's famous seafood. Inland, the region also has much to offer, from the hilly, forested Parc Naturel Régional d'Armorique to the more serene wooded valleys of the south.
Written by Leonie Glass
