Getting there

Planes

Air France (www.airfrance.com) flies from Paris Orly to Nantes | Lorient and Brest. Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) will get you to Brittany (Nantes | Brest and Dinard) from various regional airports in the UK | including Liverpool and Leeds.

Boats

The Breton ports of Saint-Malo and Roscoff are linked to Portsmouth and Plymouth, courtesy of Brittany Ferries (www.brittanyferries.com).

Trains

Take the Eurostar (www.eurostar.com) to Paris, then connect to Vannes, Lorient, Quimper or Brest; for Rennes, connect at Lille.

Automobiles

There’s a lot of territory to cover | so pick up a hire car from one of Europcar’s regional outposts | including airports and ports (www.europcar.com) | or roll yours onto a ferry.