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Quote: Originally posted by greenhill on 09/9/2011

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Toying with ideas for 2012. I'd like to go to Brittany as I gather it's very pretty although I'm unsure as we like nice weather. I don't know much about the northern vs southern coasts - is there much of a difference?

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we stayed at Le Ranolien in Perros Guirec,wow stunning ! ( and had good weather even though it was May half term ) going back again next year

North coast is like Cornwall, quite rocky and dramatic with some beautiful sandy beaches. We stayed at St Cast and visited: Mont St Michel, Dinan, Erquy, Cap Frehel, Forte la Latte, Lamballe, St Malo.  Roscoff and St Pol De Leon are pretty too if you use the ferry there. Weather a bit mixed but generally good and better than the Uk

West Brittany - our favourite area: Stayed at Camping de la Piscine near Fouesnant, great beaches just down the road. Visited: Quimper, Benodet, Pont Aven, Pointe du Raz, Concarneau and loads of other pretty villages.  Maybe a degree or so warmer than the north coast - this year it was between 20 - 30 deg and 4 lots of rain over 2 1/2 weeks.

South Brittany we stayed at Mane-Guernhue at Baden nice site and we had a huge pitch. Visited: Vannes & Auray both very nice, Quiberon, the Menhirs, Carnac - too touristy for us. We had the worst weather here compared to the other areas, so windy and changeable - mid 20's when the sun shone.

Brittany is lovely even though sunshine is not guaranteed, but much of France had bad weather this year and from what we heard Brittany did very well.