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Brest (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Breton pronunciation:) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon.
Forget everything you think you know about Brest. Come and experience a captivating and increasingly vibrant maritime city, nestling within one of France’s most stunning bays. You can look forward to a trip down Rue de Siam looking straight over the harbour, a visit to the extraordinary aquarium and exploring sites that have been repurposed ...
- Océanopolis. We’ve seen that Brest is a city with a strong relationship with the Atlantic: 60% of European research on the ocean is conducted from this harbour.
- Port of Brest. Brest is a military port so there’s a limit to how much you can see, but at the commercial harbour you’ll become aware of just how favourable this location is for maritime activity.
- Conservatoire Botanique du Vallon du Stang-Alar. The role of this conservatory is to cultivate rare and endangered species for reintroduction, and their gardens are heaven for botanists.
- Pont de l’Iroise. Completed in 1994, this striking cable-stayed bridge spans the Élorn River between Pointe Sainte Barbe and Le Cap. Among bridges of this type it has the fourth-largest main span in France, and when it was built it broke a world record for the 400 metre distance between its two 113-metre-high pylons.
At the tip of Brittany, Brest is a resolutely modern, dynamic city in perpetual motion. It's the only place where urban effervescence rubs shoulders with the slow living of the sea, where you can go from a suit and tie on the tramway to a wetsuit and paddle in less than 30 minutes.
Brest, in Finistere, Brittany: France's 2nd-most important naval port. How to go, where to stay, what to see & do, by Tom Brosnahan & Jane Fisher
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