Boat Holidays in France - Brittany

Barge holidays from St Martin sur Oust base

Brittany is a land of vast skies, ancient granite villages, and prehistoric monuments. Redon, at the crossroads of the Vilaine and the Canal de Nantes à Brest is your gateway to the legends of Merlin the wizard.

Pass the Isle of Magpies, perfect setting for a fable. Next Gacilly with its mossy lanes and eel-filled reedbeds so beautiful in the morning light, then on to Josselin where the castle's mighty turrets are reflected in the canal. Pause too at Malestroit to admire its half-timbered houses.

Alternatively cruise to Rennes across the mysterious Breton landscape - a leisurely route with few locks.