Holidays in Brittany
Name: La Chatonnière (chaton = kitten)
des Müller-Langlais
Address: 34 rue de Dol
35960 Le Vivier-sur-Mer, France
Telephone: +33-2-99.48.97.74
Telefax: +33-2-99.48.97.74
E-Mail: notger@gmail.com
Le Vivier is at the centre of the Mont St Michel bay. The tidal rise -that is the difference between high and low tide- can reach up to 50 feet. At low tide you will be able to go for long walks into the ocean and see the mussels on their typical stakes (Le Vivier is the mussel-breeding center of France - more than 10,000 tons per year); or you can visit the sandcastles of the sandworms (Unesco world heritage site) or you can just walk along the 14th century dyke which was built by the request of Anne Duchess of Brittany. Ten miles to the east you will get to Mont St Michel. To the west you will get to Cancale and furtehr on to St Malo (13 miles).
How to get there:
By car: Take the highway from Rouen - Caen - Avranches up to exit Dol-de-Bretagne/Le Vivier-sur-Mer.... or from Paris - Le Mans up to exit Laval/Fougères and then national road to Fougères, Dol-de-Bretagne, Le Vivier.
By train: TGV from Paris to Dol-de-Bretagne or Saint Malo (we pick you up).
By ship: Ferries from England and the Channel Islands.
By plane: Air France to Rennes (50 miles to Le Vivier) or Ryan Air to Dinard/St Malo (15 miles).
The House: An old farmhouse built in the 18th century, completely renovated in 2004. We used only organic materials, such as adobe walls, lime plaster, hemp insulation and oiled hardwoods for the staircase and internal doors. The house has a heat pump heating system and is a Non Smoking house!
The rooms: There are two modern guestrooms with queen-size beds, each with their individual full bathrooms and closets. The guestrooms are on the right side of the spli-level house (see picture).
Breakfast will be served in our living/dining room. Additionally each room has their own coffeemaker
Prices: Euro 42,00 per room with breakfast.
Reservations: by phone, fax or E-Mail. We speak German, French and English. If written we can also handle Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
Sight seeing near to Le Vivier
Mont Saint Michel, "the church on the rock in the sea" is the 8th wonder of the world.
Saint Malo, "the city of the corsairs". Ferries to England, Jersey and Guernsey.
Dol-de-Bretagne, small medieval town with the old bishop's cathedral. The House of Stewart origins from Dol.
The steep coast between Cancale and St Malo with numerous small bays for swimming.
The biggest menhir of Brittany (30 feet) near to Dol-de-Bretagne.
The Mont Dol, granite rock not far from Le Vivier.
Dinard: glamorous coastal resort across the sea from St Malo (said to be "British").
The tidal power station at the mouth of the Rance river between St Malo and Dinard.
Le Cap de Groin near to Cancale One of the small beaches between Cancale and St Malo