The Area

Out & About Around Les Hirondelles

Gouarec - our local village

A 20-minute walk - restaurants, boulangerie, a small supermarket, bike and boat-hire on the Nantes-Brest canal

L'Abbaye de Bon-Repos

A 5-minute drive - ancient abbey and historic grounds, river and canal, bars and restaurants...

Les jardins du Botrain

Beautiful gardens, 10 minutes by car

The Lac de Guerledan

Just a 10-minute drive to Brittany's largest lake - beaches, boat-hire and watersports. Among the many restaurants, The Merlin is one of our favourites - on the far side of the lake, in secluded woodland, perched right on the water's edge, les pieds dans l'eau...

The Valley of the Saints

Unmissable! Many sculptors are engaged in the process of installing a thousand monumental statues on a beautiful Brittany hillside, less than half-an-hour's drive from Les Hirondelles

Or less than an hour's drive north or south - Brittany's spectacular, unspoilt coast...

... and many beautiful old towns and villages...