Just 40 minutes from La Renardais you will find one of the Wonders of the Modern World - LE MONT SAINT-MICHEL - a veritable font of religious, historical, and architectural interest. An absolute must to visit during the day for it's spectular views, and also at night time in the summer when they have their wonderful "son et lumière" concerts.

The medieval riverside town of Dinan, once home of the Duchess Anne "Queen of Brittany" and her champion Prince Duguesclin who fought and defeated the Duke of Canterbury here in the 14th century, is steeped in history, as is the famous pirate city of Saint-Malo - "Cité des Corsaires".

In such an historical and artistic area it is little wonder that art galleries abound - too numerous to mention individually, although the "Musée de Bretagne" at Rennes has a fine reputation. Rennes itself is a fascinating medieval city with one of the finest public gardens in the world, "le Jardin du Thabor", in the centre of the town (with free admission, yes FREE), another must.

Even today there are many artists, writers, sculptors and other craftsmen still at work where you can go and see them LIVE in their own studios - the "rue Jerzual" which leads from the port of Dinan to the medieval town centre is well known in this respect.

Indeed Plouër has its own coterie of artistic talent including the Guerout family - father makes beautiful pottery to his own inimitable style, mother is a talented photographer (see the photograph of the hot-air balloon on this page), and daughter is a glass sculptor. You can visit their "atelier" situated a few minutes from La Renardais throughout the year.

And there is so much more... with music being equally important. There are many concerts where you can sample Breton, Celtic, and also classical music. As a footnote, Chopin's last pupil, Count Kowalski lived, wrote, and played his music in his Chateau at Plouër, le Chêne Vert.