Trebrivan Is Great For Exploring

Trebrivan is a small village in an agricultural area ofwalk in unspoilt countryside and want a quiet
Central Brittany.holiday.
Its about an hour and a half from Roscoff andIf you want the bright lights and lively nightlife
about two hours from St Malo. Regular ferryyoud 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 ofwe suggest a visit to the tourist information
restaurants. It also has supermarkets and aoffice in Carhaix Plougeur to pick up a guide book
pleasant shopping centre. Carhaix is about tenwhich 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 thestart a short drive away from Trebrivan.
road from Le Bout de Sac. Bar La Forge is run byNo French holiday, of course, is complete without
the very friendly and helpful couple, who movedsampling one or two restaurants. Naturally we
across from the UK some years ago. They tookhave our favourites on the area and love going
over running Bar La Forge in Sep 2005 and itsfor a feast at La Ronde des Mets in Carhaix
very popular with locals. It is not open late duringPlougeur.
the week, so there isnt a noise problem. If youreFrench, the only official language of the French
in the bar on a Friday or Saturday evening andRepublic, is today spoken throughout Brittany. The
spending a few euros, you may find it will staytwo regional languages have no official status with
open to English pub times, thats the old fashionedregards 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 awayconstitutional limits. Breton, strongest in the west
from the cottage, located around the back of thebut to be seen all over Brittany, is a Celtic
church which also sells very basic generallanguage 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 Centralthan Welsh and Gallo, which is spoken in the east,
Brittany. Its particularly good for those who like tois one of the Oil languages.