La Maison du Canal offers high standard accommodation overlooking the Nantes Brest Canal in Central Britttany. A warm welcome awaits you and continues throughout your stay year after year. This spacious former hotel provides comfortable rooms for overnight stays or longer holidays for up to 15 guests. It is uniquely situated a few strides from the Nantes Brest Canal. The nearby market towns of Rostrenen and Carhaix offer a variety of restaurants, specialist shops, wine caves and galleries, weekly local markets, excellent creperies and cafe bars for morning coffees and lunches and in the evening; pizzerias and outstanding Auberge �s offering marvellous seafood platters and splendid gastro delights complimented by les carte du vin.
Pont Auffret is central for visiting the beautiful coastal areas, on route to all major towns and tourist spots and nestled in an area listed for it�s natural beauty. Whatever you're looking for - history, culture, scenery, activity or simply relaxing - Central Brittany has something for everyone. A gentle stroll following breakfast or cycling the canal route stopping at local villages or simply to admire the beautiful countryside. Follow the D790 by car to Quimper and the West coast or Drive inland to St Brieuc the capital, popular for cultural events and festivals, with a vast array of shops in the old part of the city. Or follow the route leading to the emerald coastlines & shores including Dinan and Mont Saint Michelle. Many people visit especially for the wide range of outdoor activities such as cycling, walking, wind surfing, fishing pony trekking, kayaking and sailing, all within easy reach.- The options are endless. The area also plays host to a variety of music events and festivals throughout the year. To get full enjoyment from the area quality accommodation is essential.

The rooms are accessed by a private entrance lobby where you can find tourist information and brochures about the local and surrounding areas and All rooms are refurbished with comfortable beds and include the following;

Power jet showers, fully tiled en suite facilities
Fresh towels and toiletries
Black out blinds for privacy & Comfort
Heating
Canal views

We also Offer;

Secure Parking.
Storage for bikes, kayaks welcome.
Tea and Coffee available on arrival
Free Wifi
Breakfasts included in the price

GUIDE BOOKS

An invaluable source or reference for both long-distance walkers and cyclists, and those who simply enjoy ambling by water. It covers the full 365km Nantes Brest towpath route across Brittany. A full introduction traces the history of the canal from its origins in Napoleonic times and construction early in the 19th century, through a brief economic heyday and tragic decline, to today�s role as an outstanding leisure resource. The main part of the book gives a section by section analysis of the canal, indicating the towpath route, locks, road junctions and towns and villages on the way.

FISHING

The absence of motorized craft make this section of the Nantes Brest Canal an attraction for good catches of pike, rudd, zander and perch. You are allowed to fish with up to four rods from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. Certain stretches of rivers and some lakes allow night fishing for Carp. The Nantes Brest Canal can be fished all year round for white fish and May to January for game fish. At Approx 28 Euros for a two week holiday license and approx 10 Euros for a day license to cover you to fish for white fish, Bream, Rudd, Chub, Carp etc. and game fish ,Pike, Sander or Pike-Perch, Perch, Trout). Salmon fishing needs an additional stamp for around 15 Euros.