Brittany… the Celtic homeland of France:










Enchanting villages and market towns, a place of myths, art and Celtic music and warm and genuine people.














Many of Brittany's charms, its water sports, golf courses and wonderful stretches of cycle paths are easily accessible from the cozy cottage at Guemene sur Scorff at very reasonable rates for the High, Mid and Low holiday season.

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Local Attractions

Historic Guemene sur Scorff lies in the heart of the Pays du Roi Morvan, in the department (province) of Morbihan. Guemene is officially called La Cite des Princes de Rohan-Guemene after the medieval dukes who dominated Brittany in the 15th century. A part of their original fortress, built in 1520 can be seen right in the heart of the town along with numerous historic, golden stone buildings.

There are a number of cafes, crêperies, boulangeries, pastisseries, shops and a substantial supermarket that is a 10 minute walk from Petit Guemene cottage. The weekly markets offer an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and cheese.
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It is possible to buy honey, eggs and milk directly from the farms.The seafood truck comes to the town square twice weekly.

Some say that Morbihan has an ‘island’ for every day of the year, depending on how you classify an island. In the meantime, you can attempt to figure out the secret behind the region's baffling standing stones. The sheer number of the region’s standing stones makes Stonehenge look like a small group of rocks.

The magical forests of Broceliande, that stretch across the middle of Brittany are believed to be Merlin's last resting place.  It is a beautiful and mysterious area. The Knights of the Round Table found the Forest, (the existing Forest of Paimpont, located to the South West of Rennes), a worthy setting for their destiny and mission. King Arthur summoned them to find the Holy Grail, hidden in the Brittany woods. The forest of Huelgoat with its mysterious giant rocks, its grottos and streams and its legends of giants and goblins inspired Wagner's opera, Tristan and Isolde.

The historic town of Pontivy is about 15 mins drive from Guemene, set right on the river Blavet and founded by a celtic monk, Ivy in the 7th century and later known as Napoleonville. It is noted for its castle, a fine example of Medieval architecture and later Napoleon’s headquarters and it boasts numerous good restaurants, many shops, a market day and a number of supermarkets and shopping centres.

Le Faouet is known for its art gallery housed in a former Ursuline convent and also the church of St Fiacre with its striking carvings.

Gourin is known for its crepes and holds both an annual crepe festival and a Breton music festival.

Further inland, 25kms away at Mur de Bretagne, is a superb Lake with artificial beach and water sports. The coast with its many harbours, artist towns like Pont Aven (Paul Gaugin loved Brittany) is also within easy reach.

Across central Morbihan there are a number of interesting sites, castles and gardens to visit:

Below are some links directly to places of interest in Brittany on the www.brittanytourism.com website.