| Trebrivan is a small village in an agricultural area of | | | | walk in unspoilt countryside and want a quiet |
| Central Brittany. | | | | holiday. |
| Its about an hour and a half from Roscoff and | | | | If you want the bright lights and lively nightlife |
| about two hours from St Malo. Regular ferry | | | | youd be better off staying somewhere else. |
| services are available from Plymouth. | | | | There is an abundance of great walking country |
| The nearest town is Carhaix with a selection of | | | | we suggest a visit to the tourist information |
| restaurants. It also has supermarkets and a | | | | office in Carhaix Plougeur to pick up a guide book |
| pleasant shopping centre. Carhaix is about ten | | | | which features twenty or so excellent suggested |
| minutes drive away. | | | | walks complete with maps. Most of the walks |
| The village has a bar, conveniently just over the | | | | start a short drive away from Trebrivan. |
| road from Le Bout de Sac. Bar La Forge is run by | | | | No French holiday, of course, is complete without |
| the very friendly and helpful couple, who moved | | | | sampling one or two restaurants. Naturally we |
| across from the UK some years ago. They took | | | | have our favourites on the area and love going |
| over running Bar La Forge in Sep 2005 and its | | | | for a feast at La Ronde des Mets in Carhaix |
| very popular with locals. It is not open late during | | | | Plougeur. |
| the week, so there isnt a noise problem. If youre | | | | French, the only official language of the French |
| in the bar on a Friday or Saturday evening and | | | | Republic, is today spoken throughout Brittany. The |
| spending a few euros, you may find it will stay | | | | two regional languages have no official status with |
| open to English pub times, thats the old fashioned | | | | regards to the state, although they are supported |
| times, not the new twenty four hour ones. | | | | by the regional authorities within the strict |
| There is a bakery a couple of minutes walk away | | | | constitutional limits. Breton, strongest in the west |
| from the cottage, located around the back of the | | | | but to be seen all over Brittany, is a Celtic |
| church which also sells very basic general | | | | language most closely related to Cornish. Breton |
| provisions. The bakery is closed on Wednesdays. | | | | has in fact slightly more in common with Cornish |
| Trebrivan is ideally situated for exploring Central | | | | than Welsh and Gallo, which is spoken in the east, |
| Brittany. Its particularly good for those who like to | | | | is one of the Oil languages. |