Welcome to Finistère

France's westernmost département, Finistère (www.finisterebrittany.com) has a wind-whipped rocky beach and cove-strewn coastline dotted with lighthouses and beacons lashed by the waves. Wild and mysterious, Finistère is, for many travellers, the most enticing edge of an already enticing region.

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The etymology of the name Finistère literally emerges from 'end of the earth' (the Latin Finis Terræ) – an extremely apt name for this domain, especially as one approaches the raw shore which is redolent of the west coast of Ireland. Swaths of this beautiful land are preserved in the Parc Naturel Régional d'Armorique (www.pnr-armorique.fr).

Finistère's southern extent, called Cornouaille, takes its name from early Celts who sailed from Cornwall and other parts of Britain to settle here, and today it is a centre of Breton language, customs and culture.

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$12.43 Sightseeing Tickets & Passes

Village of Poul Fetan Admission Ticket

Visit: Village de Poul-Fetan, Quistinic, Morbihan, BrittanyA day at the Poul-Fetan Park ... a wonderful journey back in time to the favorite village of the Bretons!In the heart of the Breton moor, a village with thick thatched roofs still lives in 1850, with its inhabitants in traditional costumes ... and if you become one of them?Open every day from April 1st till September 30th April and May from 11 am till 6.30 pm June and September from 10.30 am till 6.30 pmJuly and August from 10.30 am till 7 pm

$161.19 Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours

Discovery flight of Brest in a Private Plane with Wingly

ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productPass By: île d'Ouessant ...mer d'Iroise, Savonnerie artisanale.Pass By: Phare de l'Ile Vierge, Plouguerneau, Finistere, Brittany.
$213 Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours

Fly Over Quimper and its Surroundings with Wingly

ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productPass By: Ile de Groix, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany.Pass By: Les Glenans.Pass By: Pointe du Raz.Pass By: Phare d'Eckmuhl, Penmarch, Finistere, Brittany.
$301.66 Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours

Discovery Flight of Brittany with Wingly

ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productPass By: Ville Close de Concarneau, Concarneau, Finistere, Brittany.Pass By: Phare d'Eckmuhl, Penmarch, Finistere, Brittany.Pass By: Les Glenans.
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