Very relaxing, for walkers, bikers, people who love to eat, listen to music, paint, close to beaches. Both our holiday cottages are fully equipped for self catering to ensure that your stay in Brittany is a home from home. They are both on the same site, however they offer two very different styles of holiday. Recent developments have allowed us to open La Forge for autumn and winter breaks plus X
mas and New Years holidays. Our Malansac holiday cottages offers a relaxed style of self catering holiday and have a large shared garden ideal for children. At our Malansac cottages you are only ten minutes away from the lake with its man-made beach, boat rental and supervised swimming area
What to do around the region
Coast/Beach
The sandy, safe beaches at Vannes are within a 35 minute drive. Sarzeau is the nearest, but Carnac and Quiberon are not much further. Damgan Plage and the yacht basin at La Roche Bernard are on the way to La Baule, 20 miles from Rochefort. La Baule is approximately 35 miles away and also has the benefit of the excellent shopping in nearby St Nazaire. The Isle aux Moines
This is a great place for walkers and cyclists alike. Nip down to Port Blanc near Vannes, catch the half-hourly boat out to this beautiful island and then either hire a bike (right at the port) or go walking. The whole island is really attractive and you can either go just around the town or spread out and take it all in. There are plenty of places for lunch as well. Shopping
There is a wide variety of shops in nearby Rochefort en Terre, including art and sculpture galleries. Of special interest to the ladies is La Bergerie in Rochefort, stocking discounted Paris fashions. Malansac has a large modern Super U supermarket as well as some excellent local specialist shops bars and restaurants. There is also the Vannes Market on Saturdays plus Rochefort en Terre and Redon for local shops. Pottery
The village of St-Jean-la Poterie near Redon is the place to visit if you like a bit of pottery. See the potters at work then visit the exhibition and shop. There's also a pottery at Lizio and at Chapelle Caro. Branferre Park -
A small zoo and lovely park lots to see and do for children and adults, great day out to take a picnic - you can feed animals at a petting area, walk through woodland, eat at their restaurant, and watch a bird very unique bird show. Other days out
Tropical Park
Parc de Prehistoire
Golf in village of Caden
Sculpture Park
Carnac Megalithes
Butterfly Park
Vannes Market - a typical (huge) French market on Saturday mornings. Travel
Nantes airport is approximately 45 minutes away from Rochefort by road. Of course the other options are UK to France ferries and the channel tunnel. Malo is only 84 miles from Rochefort, the other two ports being somewhat further, but the longest drive involved would be roughly 3 hours. Further details
The chateau in Rochefort is open to the public and is well worth a visit. There is an abundance of restaurants bars and cafes, especially the Cafe de la Pente and L`Etang Moderne, which feature live music concerts free during the season. Redon, which is approximately 20km away, is a canal port and also has excellent shopping. Even closer is Questembert with its 16th Century thatched covered market and regular entertainment. Also close by are Josselin and Malestroit, two more fabulous French medieval towns, and of course the Lac au Duc in Ploermel. This is a large swimming and boating facility open to the public, with a restaurant/cafe, very reasonable boat rentals and courses for both adults children to learn sail boating and canoeing.
