BRETAGNE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Toute l'année, le Gulf Stream assure à ce magnifique endroit un véritable micro climat. Accordez-vous une journée pour découvrir ses maisons pleines de charme et ses criques sauvages.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Oubliez la voiture ! Ici, pas de moteur. On ne circule qu'à vélo ou à pied. Seule commune insulaire du département des Côtes d'Armor.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Bréhat, longue de 3,5 kilomètres et large d'1,5 kilomètre, s'articule autour de deux îles principales. Au sud, le bourg et son église du 16ème siècle et au nord des paysages qui évoquent  l'Irlande.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hortensias, mimosas, mûriers, eucalyptus, aloès, camélias ... le surnom de cette île n'est pas usurpé ! Mais parmi toutes, la fleur qui symbolise le plus cette île est l'agapanthe.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            De juin à septembre, vous verrez sa fleur bleu violacé s'épanouir au croisement de tous les chemins bréhatins.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Une plante jadis ramenée d'Afrique du Sud par des marins. D'autres plantes exotiques telles que l'agave ou l'echium s'épanouissent ici.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Fortifiée au Moyen-Âge, l'île de Bréhat occupa longtemps une position stratégique. Lors de la guerre de Succession, puis de la Ligue, elle fut disputée entre Bretons, Français, Anglais et Espagnols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Son château, maintes fois rasé, fut finalement démantelé sous Henri IV. Aujourd'hui, seuls les touristes font passer chaque année sa population d'environ 400 à 2 000 personnes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Le gel y est rarissime. Quant aux oiseaux, plus de 120 espèces sont recensées sur l'île. Au printemps, vous ne manquerez pas d'entendre les mésanges, pinsons, rouges-gorges, alouettes ou grives  musiciennes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Au nord de Saint-Quay-Portrieux, vous découvrirez les plus hautes falaises de Bretagne.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Haute de 104 mètres, la Pointe de Plouha est le point culminant de la côte rocheuse longue de 14 km et abritant des criques dissimulées, des aires de nidification pour oiseaux, un ancien port ainsi qu’une chapelle renfermant des fresques terrifiantes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Il est des lieux mythiques pour les marins. Le raz de Sein est de ceux là. Ses courants comptent parmi les plus puissants au monde et, quand le vent et le courant s’affrontent, même les pêcheurs locaux respectent une trêve. Un dicton local dit : "Qui voit Sein, voit sa fin" ...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Dominant la mer de plus de 70 mètres, les falaises de schiste et de grès rose du cap Fréhel offrent l’une des plus belles vues de Bretagne.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Site d’exception, réserve ornithologique, entre ajoncs et bruyère, la promenade mène jusqu’à l’illustre Fort de la Latte.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Vous êtes ici sur l’un des plus impressionnants sites de la région. Surplombant une mer d’émeraude, battu par les vents, le Cap Fréhel enchante par sa beauté et ses couleurs chatoyantes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ses falaises, à pic comme des murailles, abritent des centaines d’oiseaux nicheurs. De la pointe du Grouin jusqu’à l’île de Bréhat, le cap offre aussi 400 hectares de landes, parmi les plus vastes d’Europe et un majestueux phare de 103 mètres.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Balade jusqu’au Fort de La Latte  ...  Par temps clair, vous pourrez admirer le panorama qui s’étend depuis le Cotentin et Jersey, jusqu’à Paimpol.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Après un détour par le phare actuel construit dans les années 50, empruntez le sentier côtier jusqu’au fort. 1h30 de balade jusqu’à ce monument historique, dont la visite vaut vraiment le détour.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Les amateurs d’histoire et les enfants adoreront accéder à la chapelle, au corps de garde et surtout au donjon. De là-haut, le panorama sur le paysage environnant y est à couper le souffle.

Les visiteurs qui viennent au raz de Sein par la terre peuvent admirer les « marmites de l’enfer » qui cascadent autour du phare de la Vieille et qui entrent dans la bien nommée « baie des Trépassés ».

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cette sentinelle veille, avec sa comparse « la Plate » sur ce passage qui sépare l’île de Sein du continent et permettent aux marins de l’emprunter en toute sécurité, de jour comme de nuit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   La Plage de la Baie des Trépassés , avec sa belle eau limpide et vivifiante,  fait le bonheur des surfeurs et des baigneurs. Mais c’est aussi pour sa vue imprenable sur la pointe du Raz d'un côté et celle du Van de l'autre, que la plage de la Baie des Trépassés est connue et appréciée.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Située sur Cléden-Cap-Sizun, dans le Finistère ,  cette plage est réputée pour les surfeurs de tous horizons ... A marée basse on distingue des grottes dans les falaises. Hors surveillance, la baignade est interdite.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Par beau temps, les superlatifs ne manquent pas devant ce paysage de granit aux eaux turquoise.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Les promeneurs qui cheminent sur le sentier côtier n’imaginent pas, par gros mauvais temps, le déchaînement des flots – dont la couleur vire du vert au gris – avec des bouillons larges comme des lacs et des véritables rivières aux accents de torrents de montagne.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

L'île de Sein, vue sur le phare d'Armen.