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Roscoff
! A2 ⌂ Finistère £ @ g
n Quai d’Auxerre; www.
roscoff-tourisme.com
Roscoff is a thriving Channel
port and beach resort with a
EXPERIENCE Brittany rue Amiral Réveillère and in
wealthy seafaring past. Along
place Lacaze-Duthiers, the
16th- and 17th-cen tury ship-
owners’ mansions, and the
weatherbeaten caravels and
can non on the Église Notre-
Dame-de-Kroaz-Baz testify to
the days when its privateers The idyllic Île de Batz, a Paul Gauguin and other artists
150-minute boat ride
stayed and covered the dining
were as ill-famed as those of from Roscoff harbour room with self-portraits, cari-
St-Malo (p268). catures and still lifes, later
The famous French onion discovered beneath layers of
sellers (“John nies”) first crossed Algoplus wallpaper.
the Channel in 1828, selling ' ⌂ 2 quai Charles de Gaulle
plaited onions door to door. # Tours obligatory, check Maison Musée du Pouldu
The Maison des Johnnies et web site ∑ algoplus-roscoff.fr " ⌂ 10 rue des Grands
l’Oignon de Roscoff (tours Sables # May–Oct: 11am–
obligatory) tells their history. 7pm Tue–Sun ∑ maisonmus
The large industrial plant of 12 eedupouldu.blogspot.com
Algoplus has tours showing
how its products are made Le Pouldu
from seaweed. Boat trips from ! A3 ⌂ Finistère @ 13
the harbour go to the peace- n Place Ocean Le Pouldu,
ful Île de Batz. Lampaul-Guimiliau
Clohars; www.quimperle-
terreoceane.com ! A3 ⌂ Finistère n Place
Maison des Johnnies et
l’Oignon de Roscoff A quiet port, Le Pouldu de l’Eglise; 02 98 68 76 67
"' ⌂ 48 rue Brizeux has a small beach. Its # 9am–6pm daily
§ 02 98 61 25 48 # Jun–Sep: Maison Musée du Within a monu mental gate,
10am–6pm daily; Oct–May: Pouldu re-creates the chapel and ossuary lie to
2:30–5pm daily the inn where the left, and the calvary to the

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