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If you step out of the French windows at my friend Isabelle’s house, where I was stayed last weekend, this is the view from the terrace. From the kitchen you can take in the sailing boats bobbing up and down and the sun sparkling on the water.

Pass through the garden gate and  it’s two steps to the jetty where the ferry arrives to take you to the islands in the Gulf of Morbihan and the children can dive off after the day trippers have gone home. Look out the back from the bedrooms and you can see the mud flats at low tide, which are kept as a nature reserve for the sea birds.

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Isabelle’s husband discovered the house and bought it many years ago when he came jogging around this small peninsula of Conleau. This is not their holiday home, unlike many of the houses in the area which is a favourite place for Parisiennes to have a second home. They’re lucky enough to live here all the time.

Just down the path and you’re at Le Roof hotel where you can stay with the same view or have an elegant drink on their terrace. Or if you prefer something a little more authentic there’s the small bar further along where you can get snacks and ice creams too. Conleau (which means a peninsula) is on the outskirts of Vannes and it’s very popular with those who come for the day to swim, relax and picnic here. There’s a free bus in summer from the centre or take the public bus all year round or hire one of the public yellow and purple bikes.

I wish I lived with such a lovely view, don’t you?

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