Driver-Escorted Private Journeys
Journeys  /  Normandy & Brittany
VIIHistory, tides, and tables of the Atlantic north

Normandy & Brittany

From the landing beaches to the granite coast
10 days 9 nights France Bayeux · Mont-Saint-Michel · Saint-Malo · Roscoff · Vannes

A sweeping arc along France's Atlantic north — from the solemn beauty of the Normandy landing beaches to the granite headlands and walled ports of Brittany, with cider, Camembert, and oysters marking the way from Bayeux to the Gulf of Morbihan.

The route
FRANCENORMANDYBRITTANYENGLISH CHANNELATLANTIC OCEANDeauvillePloumanac'hDinanQuimperCarnacNantesBayeuxMont-Saint-MichelSaint-MaloRoscoffVannesEnlarge ⤢
Routing & suggested hotels
  • 3 nightsBayeux — Château d'Audrieu
  • 2 nightsSaint-Malo
  • 1 nightRoscoff
  • 3 nightsVannes
Highlights

Bayeux and its Tapestry

The first cathedral town of Normandy, home to the thousand-year-old embroidery that tells the story of 1066 — and your base at Château d'Audrieu.

The D-Day landing beaches

A day among the beaches, batteries, and memorials of June 1944, from Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery to the remains of the artificial harbour at Arromanches.

Pays d'Auge and Deauville

Half-timbered villages and the elegant seafront of Deauville, with tastings of farmhouse cider and Camembert at the source.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Cancale

Cross into Brittany past the abbey rising from its bay, then pause in Cancale for oysters eaten yards from the beds they came from.

Saint-Malo, Cap Fréhel, and Dinan

The corsair city within its ramparts, the wild heather headland of Cap Fréhel, and the medieval riverside streets of Dinan.

The Pink Granite Coast

Follow the north Breton shore village by village to Ploumanac'h, where rose-coloured boulders tumble into a turquoise sea.

Vannes and the Gulf of Morbihan

Three nights in the walled harbour town of Vannes, with a day on the island-scattered gulf — one of the most beautiful bays in the world — and the megaliths of Carnac close at hand.

Pair this journey with your own driver-escorted minivan.

Every itinerary in this collection travels with a private minivan from our modern fleet — the same vehicle, start to finish.

Ask your VIT advisor