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There’s been a port here since medieval times and it is still an important naval base.

There’s been a port here since medieval times and it is still an important naval base. Sadly very few buildings remain from before the Second World War, apart from the 15th-century Château de Brest, and the Tour Tanguy, a medieval tower that probably dates from the 14th-century Breton War of Succession. The Château has the Musée de la Marine de Brest, celebrating Brest’s maritime tradition, while the Tour Tanguy has the Museum of Old Brest.
One of the best-known sights is the Pont de Recouvrance, a huge vertical-lift bridge, which elevates the 88m roadway on 70m-pylons to allow ships to pass up the River Penfeld. The newest attraction is the unique Océanopolis marine centre, which has three aquariums replicating polar, tropical and temperate oceans. There are over a thousand different types of fish, as well as 120 species of marine mammal, from dolphins to walrus.
 

• TOUR B - CITY OF QUIMPER
• Brest, France, France

• We begin our tour with a drive to Quimper.

• TOUR C - BRETON TRADITIONS
• Brest, France, France

• We begin our tour for a scenic drive of Brest’s major attractions.

• TOUR A - PICTURESQUE FINISTERE
• Brest, France, France

• The north west coast of Finistére, still known as the ‘Coast of Legends’, is broken up by estuaries called ‘abers’ which create a very scenic sight.