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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map: D2. * 48,900.
n 7 Rue St-Gouéno; 02 96 33 32
50. ( Wed & Sat. _ Art Rock
(Whitsun); Fête Maritime (mid-Jul);
Folies en Baie (Aug); Les Nocturnes
(Jul–Aug).
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Transport
Anse d’Yffiniac, seen from the Maison de la Baie £ Boulevard Charner.
@ Rue du 71ème Regiment
Y Parc des Promenades the sea by the port of Légué, d’Infanterie.
These walks circle the law on the Gouët estuary. Here,
courts. East of Rue St-Guillaume, shipowners’ houses evoke the
the municipal garden, great age of the 19th-century northern Europe at the end of
decorated with sculptures, Newfoundland cod-fishing summer. Most spend the winter
follows the outline of the old industry, which has been here. The Maison de la Baie,
city walls. On the right of the replaced by the scallop industry. north of Hillion, has displays
law courts stands a bust of A foot path runs around the documenting the bay’s flora
the writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, Pointe du Roselier. From and fauna and de scribing its
who was born in St-Brieuc, by the point, there is a view of the seafaring economy.
Elie Le Goff, and a sculpture whole bay, from Cap d’Erquy in Near Hillion, long paths
entitled La Forme se Dégageant the east to the Île de Bréhat leading far into the Dunes de
de la Matière (Form Emerging in the northwest. After passing Bon-Abri allow walkers to have
from Matter) by Paul Le Goff. an 18th-century cannon-ball a closer look at the plant life of
There is a also a monument foundry, the long-distance the protected site.
dedicated to Paul Le Goff on footpath GR34 leads to Martin-
Boulevard de La Chalotais. Plage. The Anse d’Yffiniac, an E Maison de la Baie
inlet behind the bay, is a sea- Rue de l’Etoile. Tel (02) 96 32 27 98.
Environs bird sanctuary: 20,000 birds of Open Oct–May: Wed, Fri pm, Sun pm;
Lying some 3 km (2 miles) various species nest in this Jun, Sep: Wed–Fri pm, Sun pm;
inland, St-Brieuc is linked to protected site. They arrive from Jul–Aug: Mon–Fri, Sat & Sun pm.

St-Brieuc City Centre
1 Cathédrale St-Étienne
2 Maison Ribault
3 Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
4 Parc des Promenades St-Michel
PLACE RU E CHAT EA U BRI A ND
R U E M ARÉ CHA L F OC H
SAINT-MICHEL
RUE N OTRE- DAME
RUE DU PARC
RUE
R POHEL RUE QUINQUAINE PLACE
R FARDEL HOUVENAGLE RUE LAMENNAIS
Maison
Ribault
RUE
PLACE DU DU CHAI CHARBONNERIE
MARTRAY RU E S AIN T B E NO I T LÉGUÉ
PLACE DU Cathédrale BREST
GÉNÉRAL
DE GAULLE St-Étienne PLACE Parc des
G. BIZOIN Promenades
Hôtel PLACE DE LA RUE DES PROMENADES
de Ville
R UE S A IN T PI E R R E RUE P. CORBION RUE DE ROHAN RUE SAINT GUILLAUME de Justice B O U LE VA RD L A CH ALO TAI S BOULEVARD SÉVIGNÉ
RÉSISTANCE
Palais
Vallée
R U E V IC A IRI E ALLÉE DES PROMENADES Gouédic
du
RU E CH . LE MAOUT Musee d’Art PLACE
et d’Histoire
BREST ENS MARTYRS -GUILLAUME BD SÉVIGNÉ PLACE LAMBALLE
SAINT-
DU
RUE DES LYCÉ PLACE DU CHAMP DE MARS PLACE DU 8 MAI 1945
AV DE LA LI BÉRATION
GUESCLIN
RU E D U 7 1 E RE G IME N T D ’IN FA NTE RI E
Gare SNCF BD WALDECK R O U S SEAU
500 m (550 yads)
LOUDÉAC RUE DU COMBAT
0 metres 200 PONTIVY DES TRENTE
VANNES
0 yards 200
RUE DE GOUËDIC
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