Photograph by AEngineer

We just about “bought the ferme” today when we flipped through the new catalogue of rural guesthouses in Brittany, France. Mon dieu!

The Bienvenue a la Ferme (Welcome to the Farm) catalogue is an effort to promote farm stays, campgrounds, bed and breakfasts, local products, and various other outdoorsy activities in Brittany.

You can register online to receive the catalogue or just navigate your way through the Bienvenue a la Ferme Web site. (Sadly, the site is only in French and German). Click on “Que faire” and do a search for “Sejourner à la ferme” (farm stays), “Dormir in chambres d’hôtes,” (bed and breakfasts), “Louer un gîte” (cottage rental), or “Louer une salle” (room rental). Results are shown in the four geographical regions of Brittany: Côtes d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Morbihan.

The farm stays sound like hardy, tasty affairs. Many, like Le Musee du Cheval et du Paysan, offer downright dirty farm activities, followed by bountiful meals made with locally grown ingredients—all for about €50 a night.

Brittany Tourism offers a less adventurous—though snazzier—site, which also has an English-language version.

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photograph courtesy of levercusec

We just received our semi-annual Tourisme Bretagne postdrop, and mon Dieu.

It would appear that there are a surpising number of very inexpensive house rentals in Brittany. Agence Bretagne Immobilier in Brest has a four-person rental house in Crozon on offer beginning at €150 a week in low season. Cabinet Holas in Carnac rents a house (also in Carnac) that begins at just €140 for a week in the off-season.

The majority of the houses on offer begin in the €200-€400 range for a week’s rental. With the plethora of low-cost carriers serving airports in Brittany—particularly, it must be noted, from and to the UK—the region would appear to be an easy place to have a nice, simple, inexpensive holiday devoted to cuisine and beach.

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