Lorient and South Brittany in 5 days

A museum of ocean racing at the foot of the Keroman bunkers, with sailing simulators and displays on boat technology, weather and life aboard.

Three concrete blocks built by the German occupiers between 1941 and 1943, with roofs up to 7.5 metres thick that survived the bombing of Lorient.

Ten days of Celtic music and dance every August since 1971, from Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Galicia and Asturias.

A 16th and 17th-century bastioned fortress at the harbour mouth, home to the National Maritime Museum and the French East India Company museum.

Lorient's own beach, a string of sandy coves joined by a coastal path, watching Groix ferries, racing yachts and fishing boats pass opposite Port-Louis.

A fishing village at the end of a sand tombolo enclosing a lagoon where birds winter, with a long ocean beach popular with kitesurfers.

About 45 minutes by boat, an island of 8 by 3 km that was France's leading tuna port between 1870 and 1940.

Twenty minutes west of Lorient, where the Laïta separates Morbihan from Finistère, with dunes and surf beaches such as Pen er Malo.