City: Brittany
Top Things to do in Brittany
Top Hotels in Brittany
- 1. Grand Hotel des Bains
- 2. Le Grand Hotel des Thermes
- 3. Le Celtique Hotel & Spa
- 4. Villa Les Hydrangeas
- 5. Le Saint-Antoine Hotel & Spa, BW Premier Collection
- 6. Hotel Oceania Saint-Malo
- 7. Aparthotel Adagio & Spa Vannes
- 8. Kyriad Rennes Centre
- 9. Best Western Les Bains de Perros-Guirec Hotel et Spa
- 10. Hotel des Marins
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Things to do in Brittany, France: The Best Military Museums
Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/; French: Bretagne [bʁətaɲ] ( listen); Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs] or [bʁɛχ]; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as if it were a separate nation under the crown.
Restaurants in Brittany
1. Musee de l'Officier
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
2. Musee Memoires 39-45
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5.0 based on 293 reviews
Reviewed By catherinek335 - Albion, United States
History is written by the winners, and that of the losers and the people who endured a war tend to be lost. This is a wonderful museum that encompasses the memories of the Allies, the Germans who held the area, and the Bretons who endured war, deprivation, and occupation.
3. Musee de la Resistance en Bretagne
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4.5 based on 97 reviews
From 2 September 2019, the museum will be closed to the public due to renovation works, architectural and scenic modernization. However, an explanatory exhibition of the renovation project will be visible nearby. During this period, the museum also offers a travelling tour "In the footsteps of the maquisards of Saint-Marcel - History, Memory and conviviality" for groups (+20 people)
Reviewed By saeb38 - Greystones, Ireland
This exhibition is great and explains the history of the occupation really well. It is all in French (well it IS all about the French resistance) there is an English guide book with lots of reading.
4. Keroman Submarine Base
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4.5 based on 200 reviews
Reviewed By JJJB71
In August myself, my wife and 2 kids 11yo & 7yo did the K3 tour followed by the K2 Museum & Submarine visit. I would strongly recommend the K3 guided tour (in English). It's takes about one and a half hours and the guide Pierre was excellent and very knowledgeable. You are brought on a tour of the docks and into the huge K3 U-boat bunker. The guide gave a detailed history of the area and WW2 circumstances surrounding the construction of this Mega Structure. He also painted a detailed picture of the human side during this period. My wife even really enjoyed it, and surprisingly the kids weren't bored at all. At an extra €6 per adult and €3 per child this is definitely worth adding on to your trip before visiting the Submarine museum.
5. Memorial 39/45
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4.5 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By arborfieldman - Wokingham, United Kingdom
Really interesting to hear how this German fortification built into a much older fortress was attacked over several weeks during the liberation of St Malo in 1944. The bunker is well preserved and the guided tour (buy tickets in advance because each tour has limited numbers) is comprehensive and well presented by the guide (in French but understandable and there is a written guide in English). Certainly worth visiting.
6. Musee des Transmissions
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4.0 based on 14 reviews
Musée libre et GRATUIT Il propose au public de découvrir l'histoire et l'évolution des moyens de communication du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. L’exposition permanente permet de replacer les inventions dans le contexte et aussi dans la technique. On y découvre des appareils militaires ainsi qu’une ouverture sur leur utilisation dans la vie de tous les jours comme la radio, le téléphone, la télévision. Le public pourra ainsi découvrir la colombophilie militaire, le télégraphe de Chappe, le matériel composant le réseau Rita (Réseau intégré de transmissions automatiques) et Ritter (Réseau d'infrastructure des transmissions de l'armée de terre) ainsi que la machine à chiffrer, Enigma. Les grandes figures de l'histoire des télécommunications militaires ont également été mises en valeur comme les Merlinettes. Ce musée ravira les amoureux de la science, les curieux, les passionnés d’histoire, mais également personne désireuse d’approfondir ses connaissances de l’arme des transmissions.
7. Fort de Montbarey
8. Etoile du Roy
9. Musee de l'Histoire et des Traditions de Bretagne
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
