Hotel de France is located in the center of the town of Douarnenez. Formerly a coching inn, a place where our ancestors liked to get together on the occasion of a wedding or for an evening gathering, the hotel and its restaurant have followed the trend of events. Quite recently it became the property, who redecorated it entirely. Bedrooms equipped with bathrooms (with bath or shower), television and telephone, should please you with its mixture of contemporary and Breton styles. The staff will welcome you and make every effort to offer you warmth and calmness. L?insolite, the restaurant, should delighted you, with its light and original meals, prepared fresh food mainly from the area. The desserts are made up by the owner, the property, who was the former pastry chef of hotel Martinez in Cannes. He will delight your taste buds with his heavenly lemon cream, his red fruit marmalade or his soft white cheese sherbet.
Exceptionally beautiful seascapes in Douarnenez bay limited by « Cap de la chèvre » in the north and « Pointe du Raz » in the South.
Famous sardine fishing port equipped with canning factories; a port museum relating its history; granite paved alley-ways; covered market offering fresh fishing and agricultural produces; ?Les Plomarch?s? Gallo-Roman site, a modern media club, and numerous century-old churches and chapels.
Our little town is rooted in Breton History.
Many walking possibilities along coastal foot-path. ?Pointe du Van?, 35Kms away, ?Baie des trépassés? which will make you want to walk down for 6Kms to reach ?Pointe du Raz?; Locronan, a typical little city, with its beautiful church in the middle and its granite paved alley-ways lined with small houses sheltering a variety of craftsmen.