Our French Budget Holiday - We Spend a Week in Carnac in Southern Brittany

We had a weeks holiday in France and stayed in Carnac. A beautiful seaside town in southern Brittany.
Here is a link for more details on Carnac and it's amazing stones.
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[@alicephillips841]

Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the large captions you use on your videos. They're easy to read and really help in my understanding of what you're showing. Really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful places you visited in Brittany on your vacation. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You’re welcome

[@shivakat2297]

Very nice of you guys to take us along your journeys. I am loving the cricket in the wood shed at end of video!

[@bentley521]

I love watching your outings it is like going on vacation with you. I thank you for it is probable I will never get to France so I love see the places you go visit.

[@nancyesposito1020]

Love seeing the beautiful areas you visited!

[@carriefinding40]

Also, we have just moved to Plymouth from Yorkshire! Last month. We love it here and are exploring all the beaches and nature spots nearby. I've just turned 40 this year and have three teenagers and one 8 year old. One big blended family! Was lovely to hear you mention you also lived in Plymouth. It is an awesome place! We are moving to the other side of the bridge into Cornwall - Saltash, hopefully by the end of the year! So much to discover down here. Really glad I found you as finances are key right now and we are hoping to pay off our mortgage as quickly as we can 🙏..so we can live a simple life too ! ❤🌊🙏

[@allisonspeer6837]

What a lovely vacation and so frugal. Love the ideas for doing things for free.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you

[@belindacopson2390]

So interesting to see the oyster beds! what a lovely holiday you had. I am preparing for winter by growing a veg/fruit garden and preparing kindling (for open fires) using any small sticks of fallen apple wood etc from the garden.

[@sheila1013]

Hi Jane and Mike. The region you visited looks idyllic. No, you don't need to spend lots of money to have a nice time. I have always loved travelling to places less touristy to see how the locals live. I've never heard of Carec though, which does look beautiful. The prehistoric stones are fascinating. To think, they have been there all those years. The video captions are a great idea. This time of year I'm winding down with the gardening. It's reached the stage where each mow could be the last of the season. However, over the last few years, this seems to be getting later and later. I try to prepare to make things easier for next year's gardening season, which I find also starts earlier now. Thanks again to you both for sharing this holiday video. Lovely to see your dogs enjoying it so much as well.

[@rev.ruthe.gallot9103]

what a lovely place, thank you so much for sharing your holiday with us. I am absolutely fascinated by standing stones and have been fortunate enough to be able to seek them out whenever we were in Scotland or England, but have never been to see the ones in Brittany. I have now put this on my list of places to go! Such a beautiful place - the sea coast and beaches, the little village, your little apartment, all just lovely. Hope you had a wonderful time away

[@dappleddays4546]

The spring gardens in Brittany are so lovely, you are lucky to get good rain in the winter but hardly any frost.

[@carriefinding40]

So lovely to see South Brittany. Looks like you had a beaituful, peaceful time!

[@sheilabus5475]

Interesting music during oyster segment

[@yukofreeman4483]

Another lovely video, I'm so glad you two and your furry kids had a wonderful time away.

[@garygnagey3569]

Enjoyed seeing the stones and the oyster beds! It looks like a delightful, relaxing way to spend time away from home! If you were home you would be busy working on your land and in your home! Not being able to work when away is one of the best ways to relax on vacation! We have always been picnic people but not party people and enjoy them year round. When things opened up shortly after the shut downs we took a travel staycation to Switzerland. My husband and I visited a local thrift (charity) shop and purchased a few lovely plates and a nice souvenir trivet made there for a few dollars each. I researched places we would like to visit and famous dishes from those regions. I shopped in advance, listened to local music we might hear if we visited, and purchased a few chocolate bars from a local store with discount specialty items. We had Swiss fondue, Swiss chicken, Swiss green beans and I made a Swiss braided bread loaf. We watched several train, cable car and travel videos and researched about each region, viewed lovely photos, etc. We finished with the delicious chocolate bars. It was cold and wet when we took our” journey”, my bread was a flop because It did not rise as much as it should have, but we passed some happy hours and plan to go somewhere else next time.

[@zoet6452]

I went there in the 80’s when I was 14…loved it.

[@pigletsbank437]

Thank you so much, what a beautiful places you went! 😎

[@yvonnejrichards]

Many happy memories amongst the standing stones xx

[@RamblingRuth]

Really enjoyed that film Jane! We went camping in Carnac years ago so it was nice revisiting it. The stones are incredible aren’t they. So fascinating and mysterious.

[@teatimewithdollyandthrifty2895]

Thank you for showing us your holiday.😃

[@margaretthompson5491]

i have enjoyed sharing your trip to Carnac. Its a place we haven't visited and it is truly beautiful and very interesting, we will have to visit. The standing stones are a sight to see! thank you, guys x

[@ReinaAGrace]

The place looks beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@susanpontow-lopez2800]

I just had to do some research on those stones........ interesting. Thanks for sharing your vacation.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@gladyschandler6724]

Love old structures. I'm on vacation in Croatia Dubrovnik & Split now, enjoying old palaces & dwellings.

[@nikki27ish]

What a lovely area I'm glad you had a well earned break.

[@rosemarydoran9907]

Looks like a wonderful holiday! Thank you for sharing!!!!

[@kathleenhill5838]

Thank you so much for taking us along on your journey 💕. I loved that old village!

[@linpulver2106]

Thank you so much for this. Since my husband's stroke we are not able to travel or get out and about so absolutely appreciate a trip with you. Plus we once had a Bichon Frise and he had the loveliest nature you could wish for from a dog.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You’re welcome and they are lovely company

[@rosaestrada41]

Hi Jane Wishing I was there to immerse myself in history. It’s very beautiful! Thanks for sharing it. Blessings from L A

[@Babba08]

Very interesting! Thank you for the tour!

[@marteenathomas4317]

Looked absolutely wonderful, thank you for sharing!

[@mkhuntstreasure3192]

So interesting, love how peaceful it all feels.

[@bethanysherwood5930]

Sitting in the garden with my coffee, waiting for your video to upload! Really looking forward to seeing more of Carnac. Very windy here now, have had to pursue the parasol across the 'lawn' a couple of times.

[@mariannewesten3638]

Thank you two,for Taking us with you.a lovely Area,with lots to See👍. We are preparing too for the Winter. Our son must Take Pictures for school,from water. ( Last Work from this year)So I will Take him to the waterfalls of Coo . They are half an hour from us..That Pictures will be spektakular.( This proud mother thinks😉)

[@louiselubkecuss9158]

We visited Carnac last October. Yes the sheep were very cute! Amazing place.

[@rachelmolina3995]

Those white flowers look like calla lilies!

[@sheilaloxton-best1330]

Yes,I have them in my garden here in Berkshire UK

[@iriswelch3553]

What a beautiful and interesting part of Brittany. The beaches are so different from our Oregon coast. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!

[@helenhartley6904]

Lovely holiday spot - the mind boggles about the stones - do they point to Stonehenge, are there burials underneath, were they for harvest festivals, wow they raise so many questions! Love French stone buildings.

[@Christophe-pl5xu]

Its the same folk who have built stonehenge and barnenez. They have found same tools on it. For a english scientist brittany was center of this folk because we found the most stone . Probably ancesters of celtic bryttonic.

[@yvettenj]

Sorry about that Jane. I went back and rewatched the video. I had missed that part about the oysters being somebody’s business bc the windy sound covered ur voice💨. Nice peaceful place this time of year for a vacation. Wonderful video.

[@bethanysherwood5930]

Have just finished watching, as had to do dinner in the middle! That's a great log splitter, it's hard here if you rely on wood as a primary source of heat (we do same as you do!) as it never really ends. What a smashing holiday, and so much nicer out of season, as fewer people around. Lovely appartment with a sea view too! You both certainly deserved that break, and have some lovely memories. Île de Groix is on our list one day!👍❤

[@heathertucker7056]

Really enjoyed watching your holiday video, it looks a wonderful area! I love oysters but sadly not tasted one in years! At the prices they are now, probably won’t again! Glad Dolly and Mary enjoyed their holiday in the sun too!

[@rena4220]

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. I will probably never get to France so your videos are really appreciated. Love the stone buildings, and of course, the ocean and beaches. I have never seen oyster beds so that was interesting.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

The village was adorable

[@lervish1966]

There's a DIY store there now where the stones were.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Not all the stones! There's thousands of them

[@virginiacervantes7988]

Thanks for sharing 👍 🌹

[@clarelamberti9651]

Hi Jane and Mike , loved the video such an interesting place . We love history . We are starting to collect and stack logs that we’ve had in piles around our land . We recently got 3 free family passes for the National trust via a national publication so really looking forward to 3 days out in Norfolk as we have alot of National trust properties here where I live so not far to go ! It’s half term this week so a free forest walk too is on the cards .

[@bradlafferty]

What beautiful places! Makes me want to explore Brittany! The standing stones were fascinating. Do you ever get to enjoy Briton cuisine whilst on vacation?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

We eat Breton food all the time.

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@jeromereilly5402]

Really enjoyed this. Liked the dog friendly beach side accommodation. Any details please? We are travelling in May. What was the weekly rate for the apartment ? Very best of luck to you both ( and the two pooches!)

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@jeromereilly5402 dynamic pricing means you'll be charged a totally different price day to day according to demand. Use the booking app filter to find pet friendly and any other requirements such as by the beach, with parking ect.

[@fishermansdreams1541]

Hi there Jane wat did the air b and b cost me and mi family are planning a trip to the Brittany coast in the beginning off July and want to gust work on the budget are the moment we grow a lot off veg and I hunt deer in North ireland as well as gater fire wood to save cost

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That trip was two year ago, its best that you go to Airbnb and use their website for your own answer

[@6EBEN9890]

Beautiful.....What type of breed are your Dolly and Mary?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Bichons frisé and thank you

[@RebeccaMcCarthy22]

was this a dog friendly air b&b??

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Yes, we always travel with our dogs