Finistère: what to see and do

Océanopolis

"Océanopolis Brest": the ocean discovery park. Everything you need for an unforgettable day!

La Pointe du Raz

Located at the prow of Brittany in the Cap Sizun country, the Pointe du Raz is one of the most striking sites of the Atlantic coast.

Concarneau

A Breton fishing port known for its Ville Close, a fortified town built on a rocky islet linked to the land by two bridges in the heart of the port.

Le Chaos de Huelgoat

Huelgoat is nestled in the heart of a forest massif of more than 2,000 ha (state and private forests). Set beside a small lake that flows into the Rivière d'Argent before tumbling in a cascade into a ravine strewn with a chaos of enormous granite blocks. The land is covered with woods...

Plage de Lostmarc'h

Wild beach on the Crozon peninsula, between dunes, cliffs and the remains of an Iron Age fort.

Pointe de Dinan

The Pointe de Dinan, also called the Château de Dinan (with its drawbridge!), is a site not well known to tourists, and yet, what beauty!

Quimper

Prefecture of the Finistère and traditional capital of Cornouaille, where the twin spires of Saint-Corentin cathedral overlook a half-timbered centre.

Rochers de Brignogan

Brignogan lies on the Côte des Légendes. The landscape looks like a postcard of the islands.

Aqualorn

Aquarium Charles Pérez

Aquashow

The seabed as if you were there! A 2h30 visit to discover 200 species of fish including a giant tank (500,000 litres) with sharks.

Cairn de Barnenez

The Barnenez cairn (Karn Barnenez in Breton) is a megalithic site in the commune of Plouezoc'h (in Brittany, France).

Château de "Kergournadeac'h"

Château de Brest

Set on a Gallo-Roman base of the third century, Brest castle was completed by Vauban in the seventeenth century.

Château de Cheffontaines

Château de Kergos

Château de Kergroadès

In 1598, the Marquis de Kergroadez wished to build a "fine residence" on his lands of Bas-Léon.

Château de Kerjean

The château de Kerjean dates from the second half of the sixteenth century, it is in the commune of Saint-Vougay in the Finistère. A true green setting, a 20-hectare park surrounds the castle and invites the visitor to stroll...

Château de Kerouzéré

Château de Kériolet

The château de Kériolet is on the heights of Concarneau, 5 minutes from the walled town.

Château de Trémazan

Château de Trévarez

A Belle Époque estate, Trévarez overlooks the Aulne valley. Trévarez extends over 85 hectares.

Château du Taureau

Built in the sixteenth century, rebuilt by Vauban in the eighteenth, this "sea fort" moored on an islet at the entrance of the Morlaix river has in turn served as defence, prison, second home, then sailing school before being abandoned in the early 1980s.

Domaine de "Menez Meur"

Fort de Bertheaume

Fortified by Vauban in the seventeenth century, this fort watches over the entrance to the Goulet de Brest. From its 37 metres, this sentinel at the end of the world offers a breathtaking view over the entrance to the Brest roadstead.

Grotte de Morgat

In the secret of our cliffs, the coast hides deep CAVES with astonishingly coloured walls...

Ile de Sein

A former megalithic site then druidic retreat, the island of "Sena" was described by a Roman geographer as early as the year 43 of our era.

Jardin Georges Delaselle

The Georges Delaselle garden is on the island of Batz, at the place called Pen Baz. A magnificent exotic garden with nearly 2,500 species from all continents!

Jardin Public du "Moulin Neuf"

La Récré des 3 Curés

La plage de l'Ile Vierge à Saint-Hernot

The Île Vierge is at the Pointe de Saint-Hernot on the Crozon peninsula in the Finistère in Brittany.

Le Faou

It is not at first glance that you discover the true charm of Le Faou.

Le Jardin Exotique de Roscoff

The Roscoff Exotic and Botanical Garden is the southern hemisphere in northern Finistère.

Les Monts d'Arrée

Within the Armorique Regional Nature Park (which also includes the Ponant islands and the Crozon peninsula), the Monts d'Arrée are the highest region of Brittany.

Locronan

A small town that became prosperous in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thanks to the sailcloth industry, wonderfully preserved Locronan has kept from its rich past very fine Renaissance granite houses.

Manoir de Kerazan

Hidden in the heart of Brittany, in the Bigouden country, it retraces by itself the rich hours of a past that runs from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Manoir de Stang-al-lin

Marinarium

The "Marinarium" invites you to discover some aspects of marine life: the world of plankton, the immense richness of the coast, the protection and management of marine resources.

Musée Départemental Breton

Created in 1846 by the Archaeological Society of Finistère, the Breton departmental museum in Quimper is set in the former palace of the bishops of Cornouaille, near Saint-Corentin cathedral.

Musée de Pont-Aven

Musée de la Guerre 39/45

Musée de la pêche de Concarneau

Musée des "Beaux-Arts"

Musée national de la Marine de Brest

Odet Loisirs

Parc Animalier du "Quinquis"

Phare Saint-Mathieu

Surrounded by the ruins of a sixteenth-century abbey, this lighthouse dates from 1835. It has 167 steps and a height of 37 metres, its range is 29 miles.

Phare d'Eckmühl

Inaugurated in 1897, it is due to the generosity of the family of the "Prince d'Eckmühl".