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Events in the Mont d'Arre, Finistere, Brittany:
(More local events on our French pages) | Local producers marketBarsparts & Loperec On sunday in Summer from 10am to 1pm Free entrance. More information: Tourist office Brasparts |  |
25th edition - TRO MENEZ ARECommanaMay 9th, 2013 - Ascension Day Since 1989, these walks are the heart beat of the Finistere. Come and enjoy the richness, the beauty and diversity of the Monts d'Arree landscapes, on tracks often open only for this specific day. Various lengths of hikes are available: 6, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 km. More information: Tro Menez Are | ||
 | Le Mois du Cheval - LandivisiauThe Month of the Horse5th edition From May 1st to June 9th 2013 Horse races, equestrian competitions, tales telling evenings, walks with ponies, practice and demonstrations of riding schools, … More information: www.ot-paysdelandivisiau.com | United WorkshopsSpring crafts people market Open air museum St Rivoal 2013 dates not yet published Demonstration and selling of arts & crafts at the St Rivoal open air museum. Farmers grocery, breton pancakes, picnic in the meadows, open scene for musicians. | |||
 | Legends & Tales Bookfair28th April 2013 in BOTMEUR10am until 6pm Legends and Tales book fair with the participation of several writers. Also Tale Telling, handicraft market and writing workshops. Free entrance. More information: Office du tourisme du Yeun Elez. |  | Festival de CornouailleQuimperFrom July 23rd until 28th, 2013 Song, dance and concert festival. Carlos Nuñez, Dan Ar Braz, Steve Hackett (Genesis), Salif Keita, Murray Head, Cyber Fest Noz... More information: Festival de Cornouaille | ||
 | Festival Kann Al Loar 2013Music festival From July 10th until July 14th, 2013 Landerneau Detailed 2013 programm not yet published More information: Festival Kann Al Loar |  | Grand Pardon de Loc-Ildut(Religious festival & procession) July 28th, 2013, 10am Loc-Ildut chapel, Sizun Like every year on the last Sunday of July, about 100 pilgrims in costume will come to the chapel of Loc-Ildut for the Breton Great Pardon of Saint Ildut, a Welsh monk. | ||
 | Apple, Honey and Mushroom festivalOctober 13th, 2013Every year in the Monts d'Arree, a unique festival to celebrate autumns arrival. More information: Office du Tourisme du Yeun Elez |  | Transhum'AreMenez Mikel - St RivoalSeptember 14th, 2013 Every year, Thierry Machard is moving his sheep on their seasonal move up to the moors of the Monts d'Arree. At the end of summer, he organises a festival which consists in accompanying hi, his flock and his skilled dog back down to St Rivoal. Various exhibitions are organised, together with a local products market, a picnic and, of course, a Fest Noz (Breton dancing throughout most of the night). Exact dates, depending on climate, still to be decided. | ||
Tourism activities around our B&B:
| "Be Breizh" (Be
Brittany) the video from the Brittany Tourism Office (deactivate you add blocker - Adblock, Trueblock, ... - if you can't see the movie on the left hand side) |
 | Hiking | on site | Hundreds
of kilometers hiking paths
in the Monts
d'Arree, the Yeun
Elez,
the Leon
area. Over a thousand
kilometres on the path used in the
past
by the customs officers (Chemin
des
Douaniers) on the ocean
shores or the Tro
Breiz
(or Tro Breizh) tour of Brittany, where "Tro Breiz" designates the
pilgrimage in honour of the Seven Saints founders of Brittany. Every year, on Ascension's Thursday, there is the "Tro Menez Are": one day of exceptional hikes in the Arre Mounts, on trails especially prepared for that day, on private grounds usually closed to the public. In 2010 the Tro Menez Are will take place in Huelgoat on April 13th. The nearest hikes: at
200 meters - the Mougau
hike,
13 km
at 500 meters - the Drennec lake path, 7.5 km at 1.5 km - the path of the Blue Stone (cricuit de la Pierre Bleue), 12 km at 1.5 km - the Korrigans path, 1.5 km ... and many other nearby. Visit our special Monts Arre trails map page. More information: Addes
- Arree Randos - story telling
hiking
Brittany walks - plenty of interesting information about walks in the area, ideas and maps, guided or not (English) Finistere randonnees Tro Menez Are |
 | Biking - Mountain biking |
on site | We are near to the FFC
Morlaix Monts d'Arree 180 km
biking area , with 3 starting
points and 9 paths, and to the paths used by the Roc'h
des
Monts d'Arree, the biggest
mountain bike meeting in the
French western area, every year in September. An interesting website, made by a Breton women, guide at the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrradclub), with plenty of information about cycling tours in Brittany, and the Finistere Monts d'Arree : Radwandern in der Bretagne mit Marzina (auf Deutsch) - Cicloturismo nella Bretagne con Marzina (Italian) - Cycling in Brittany (English, French, German, Italian). We have 2 bikes (VTC) that we gladly lend to our guests. More
information: |
 | Horse riding |
4 km | Lots
of horse riding
horse hiking possibilities in our area. The nearest one ?
Rando-Loisirs, at Kerinizian. More
information: Rando-Loisirs,
tél.: +33 (0)2 98 68 89 98 |
 | Parish Closes Tour(Circuit des Enclos Paroissiaux) | 4 km | Ideally located within Brittany's
Parish Closes tour: Commana,
Sizun, Plouneour Menez, St
Thegonnec, Guimiliau, Landivisiau, Landerneau, ... |
 | The Kerouat watermills(Les Moulins de Kerouat) | 3 km | Nested
in a small valley between
Commana and Sizun,
the village of the Kerouat watermills has been built around a small
water fall of the Stain river. It is said that it was the "Red
Monks"
who built the mills and the water reservoir in the early XVII century. More information: Moulins de Kerouat |
  | Beach and water sports | 700 meters | Drennec Lake has two nice beaches, a water sports center and a creperie... |
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Wild salmon and trout fly-fishing | 700 meters | Wild
salmon and trout fly-fishing
on the Elorn river and
the
Drennec lake. Daily
fishing card
10.-€, weekly 30.-€ and monthly 40.-€. More
information:
AAPPMA de l'Elorn (Association Agréée de Pêche et de Protection du Milieu Aquatique) Brittany Fly Fishing (wild salmon & trout fly-fishing instructor. Northern pike, european sea bass, allis shad and other sports fish) Drennec Lake (english) |
 | Tennis | 700 meters | Near the lake and it's free.
Summer holidays
only. Booking at the Drennec lake camping site. More
information: mairie
de Commana |
 | Regional Nature Park of Armorique PNR |
on site | 112'000 hectares
of a wide variety of landscapes and activity areas, representative of
the scenary, ecological, economical and cultural diversity of Brittany. More
information: PNR
|
 | Golf |
23
km - Golf
de
Brest
Iroise, 9 et 18 holes,
Par 37 and 71 34
km - Golf
du
Pontpierre, 9 et 18 holes,
Par 27 and 72 35
km - Golf
de
Carantec, 9 holes, Par 68 | |
 | Theme Cafe's and tea rooms | 24
km -Berrien - L'Autre
Rive
- a bookstore and cybercafe in the Huelgoat
forest | |
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Shopping | 4
km - Commana
- Grocery 7 km - Sizun - Grocery, bakers 16 km - Landivisiau - all facilities | |
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Restaurants | 700
m - Lac
du Drennec, creperie 4 km - Commana 7 km - Sizun 7 km - St Rivoal 17 km - St Thegonnec 25 km - Pleyben More information: we'll be delighted to tell you evrything about the various specialities and our "coups de coeur" ... See also our Breton links page. |
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