About Coeur de Bretagne

Of course, the easiest way to find us is with GPS. Our guests have found that one of two addresses work: Le Poul 22110 Mellionnec (French) or Ar Poull 22110 Mellionnec (Breton). Worst case scenario is to just put in Rostrenen or Mellionnec and then use the driving directions below. If you do not have GPS, here are the driving directions.

When you arrive in Paris, you will first go through passport control. You will then proceed to pick up your luggage and go through customs. After customs, you enter the lobby of the airport. If you have not purchased Euros yet, please go to the “Exchange” window and buy enough for at least your trip to Brittany.

By Train: You will need to buy tickets from Paris to St. Brieuc. The train station servicing St. Brieuc is Gare Montparnasse. You can buy the train tickets online in advance as an e-ticket or at the train station. Once in the train station, you will go to the Grandes Lignes. You will have to locate your train on the large board to see which track (Quai or Voie) your train will be departing from. From there, you can find your train and look for your car number (voiture). The train to St. Brieuc sometimes has two together with one detaching and staying in Rennes so be sure you get on the train that has your train number on it as well. The train ride on the TGV is 2 hours and 15 minutes long.

Arrival in St. Brieuc: If you have not yet purchased a phone card, you can do so in the magazine shop in the train station. Avis has an office in the station. You can rent the car in advance from the States and then pick up the car upon arrival. The office does close at 7:00 PM. If you have rented a car, please note that most will be standard transmission and you will have to specifically request an automatic transmission. Your car may take essence (gasoline) or gazoil (diesel). Please note that gazoil may look like French for gas but it is not. It is diesel. Another clue is that diesel in France is cheaper than gasoline.

You come to a small circle as you exit the parking lot with the train station behind you. You take a right (1/4 turn) and go one block when you enter another very small circle. Again, take a right (1/4 turn). You will notice, as you make the turn, a green sign telling you that you are heading for Quimper. Special note for highway signs: In France, the cities are used for giving directions. It is advised to study the names of the towns along the highway in the direction you are going. Copilots are important for first-time drivers in France. I have listed them for you as far as these directions go but it is helpful advice for other excursions you go on. Also, the nice thing about circles is if you didn't recognize a city on any of the signs you can go around again (my personal record is 4 times around). The highway numbers are posted but are usually much smaller and harder to spot.

Follow this street for a good ways. It winds around a little but stay on it until you come to a very large circle this time. You will go half way around and take the road with the signs saying Quimper and Rostrenen.

This is Highway D700. You stay on this nice 4-lane highway for about 7 kilometers. You will then take the Quimper/Rostrenen exit. This is Highway D790. You will stay on this highway all the way to Rostrenen. You will drive through the following towns on D790:
     - Quintin
     - La Croix
     - Corlay
     - St. Nicolas du-Pélem
     - Plounévez-Quintin
     - Rostrenen

Some towns will have circles. In that case, just keep following Quimper signs. As you approach Rostrenen, you will come to yet another circle. This time, do not follow the Quimper sign. Take the Rostrenen exit just after the Quimper exit.

Stay on this road all the way through Rostrenen until you come to a T intersection. Turn left and you should see the church directly in front of you. Take the first right you see. If you drive by the church, you went too far. After you take the right, you will see a grocery store on the right-hand side called Centre LeClerc. Their parking lot and a soccer field are on the left-hand side.

You will drive on this road and leave Rostrenen. The road becomes D790 again. You will drive about 2-3 kilometers on D790 when you will see signs for Bonen and Mellionnec pointing to the left. This is D23. Take the left. You will drive through Bonen and head towards Mellionnec. Our street is before Mellionnec and is exactly 2.1 km from the Bonen city limit sign (Bonen with a red line through it). Turn left at the green Gîtes de France sign and go up a steep hill, and then you will drive until you come to a Y. Follow the Ar Poull sign to the left. The road will eventually turn sharply to the right and then sharply to the left. As you head downhill, you will again see a sign saying Ar Poull. You should see the manor on the left as you turn left.

For the brave travelers who rent a car in Paris, you will need to work your way over to the southwest side of the city and take the autoroute A10 and then A11 direction Chartres and Le Mans.

At Le Mans, take A81 to Laval and then on to Rennes. Take N12 out of Rennes towards St. Brieuc. After 30 kilometers or so on N12 take N164 to Rostrenen. You have to pay attention to spot this exit.

When you arrive at the outskirts of Rostrenen, you will come to a circle. Follow the Rostrenen sign – you should see a Carrefour grocery store on your left.

Take this road all the way into downtown Rostrenen. You will wind to the right and then left. You will pass the church on the right and then the post office on the left.

Take the first left after you pass the post office. You will see a grocery store on the right-hand side called Centre LeClerc. Their parking lot and a soccer field are on the left-hand side.

You will drive on this road and leave Rostrenen. The road is D790. You will drive about 2-3 kilometers on D790 when you will see signs for Bonen and Mellionnec pointing to the left. This is D23. Take the left. You will drive through Bonen and then go about 2.2 kilometers towards Mellionnec. Our street is before Mellionnec. Turn left at the green Gîtes de France sign and go up a steep hill and then you will drive until you come to a Y. Follow the Ar Poull sign to the left. The road will eventually turn sharply to the right and then sharply to the left. As you head downhill, you will again see a sign saying Ar Poull. You should see the manor on the left as you turn left.

The manor is located in Central Brittany, and you can reach the northern, western, or southern coast in about an hour and 15 minutes. Some guests have found an area in Brittany and kept going back each day while others have gone a different direction each time.

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