Roscoff travel guide

About Roscoff

Roscoff is a picturesque fishing village on the North coast of Brittany and is an idyllic introduction to Brittany's rustic charms.

In Roscoff, attractive 16th century granite buildings nestle against the coastline, the streets filled with fantastic restaurants, serving great food, and charming little art galleries and gift shops. The town specialises in seafood dishes and traditional Breton crêpes, which you can enjoy at one of the many street-side crêperies. Alternatively, sample some famous Brittany thalassotherapy - rejuvenating, healing and relaxing therapies using seawater and sea products.

Just out from the quaint harbour rests the tiny Ile de Batz, a beautiful island well worth a visit. The pretty towns of Morlaix and St Pol de Léon are also nearby. The Cathédrale St Paul Aurelién de St Pol de Léon is famous for its 'les étagères de la nuit' ('the shelves of night') 32 small box shrines containing skulls which were stored here to make room for the graves of the lately deceased.  

Roscoff is also home to La Maison des Johnnies et de l'Oignon de Roscoff, a 'Museum of the Onion Johnnies', the well-known onion merchants who arrived in Britain on their bicycles selling onions door-to-door. Also worth a visit is the beautifully restored 16th century Gothic church, the Notre Dame de Croatz Batz, whose bells resembled a tiered cake and the gorgeous gardens of Jardin Exotique on Ile de Batz.