Gite holidays are synonymous with France. Think of a gite, and you think of France. Your mind takes you to a converted farm building or a restored cottage in the country. But what is a gite exactly, and is it Le Rhun Gites or Le Rhun Gîtes? Does it really need the circumflex accent on…
Many of our visitors comment about the Windmill by the Sea at Telgruc, just 5km from Le Rhun. The stone built windmill stands overlooking the beach, it’s the emblem of an entire commune and source of pride along the GR34 coast path The story of this Breton windmill began in 1834. But in the twentieth…
Le Rhun is in Brittany. Brittany is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Within each region is a number of Departments, and in Brittany there are four departments. Each department has a number – originally based alphabetically – and Le Rhun is in Department 29 or Finistère. Within Finistère, Quimper is the capital,…
On their way to Le Rhun, most of our visitors cross the Terenez Bridge. It is the imposing cable stay bridge that crosses the River Aulne between Argol and Le Faou. This is the last bridge across the Aulne before it flows out into the Bay of Brest. The next bridges upstream are at Chateaulin…
Most of our visitors from the UK arrive by ferry, and a huge advantage that we have at Le Rhun is that we are only an hour and a quarter from the Brittany Ferries terminal at Roscoff. Brittany Ferries started back in 1973 when farmers and local businesses in north west France started their own…
There’s wood everywhere you look at Le Rhun – and that’s good because we like natural products, and you can’t get much more natural than that. A lot of our land is woodland, and every year we get a visit from the fairies who set up their own Fairy Glade. No one ever sees them,…
We’re very busy at Le Rhun at this time of the year, refurbishing, redecorating, creating new ideas and generally preparing for all our lovely visitors. And when we’re busy, we don’t always stop to look around us. But a short walk this morning has shown us that nature has been busy at Le Rhun too…
Sundays are for….walking. It’s a beautiful Sunday morning at Le Rhun, we didn’t set the alarm too early, but now we’re up and about it’s clear that all around the Presqu’ile de Crozon, there are signs that the countryside is waking up and starting to come to life. We’ve seen a number of walkers (or…
