Brittany

Chateau de Josselin The Chateau de Josselin is describes as having "vintage feudal style and flamboyant Gothic archetecture, the place houses mainly seventeenth and eighteenth centruy furniture and paintings".

The forest of Paimpont

The forest of Paimpont is one of only two surviving remnants - the other being Huelgoat in the Monts d'Arrée - of the ancient forest of Argoat, which once covered vast tracts of Brittany. In the Middle Ages the forest was known as Brocéliande, and provided the backdrop to the love affair between Queen Guinevere and Lancelot of the Lake described in Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian romances. Later, Thomas Malory retold the story in his Morte d'Arthur.

It is difficult to escape the legends. Joseph of Arimathea, one of Christ's disciples, was said to have come to Brittany with the Holy Grail and lived among the beeches and the oaks in the forest. The magician, Merlin, was also reputed to have lived here: the forest contains sites known as Merlin's Step and Merlin's Tomb. And in the Val sans Retour (Valley of No Return), the witch Morgana (Morgan le Fay), Merlin's great enemy, supposedly trapped unwary youths at the Rocher des Faux Amants (Rock of the False Lovers).

Merlin	Tomb of Merlin	Lady of the lake

Pointe du Raz The dramatic Pointe du Raz, almost 80m height, is a narrow headland jutting into the Atlantic at the tip of Cap Sizun.

Golfe du Morbihan Morbihan means "little sea" in Breton, an apt description for this landlocked expanse of the tidal water.