May 23, 1999

	Frank Perry for The New York Times
	At Cafe de la Cale in Sauzon on Belle-Ile, fruits de mer take center stage.

Brittany, Shaped by the Sea

• Choice Tables: Gifts From the Sea on Brittany's Menus
Breton shellfish is served on great heaping platters, and the lamb is nourished on salty marsh grass.
• A Backwater That Inspired Art
Waiting for the tide to turn in Pont-Aven, sailors stayed in boardinghouses that later lured Gauguin and his friends.
• Peddling Along a Rugged Coast
A four-day bicycle trip in France follows the region's southwestern coast to prehistoric stones and a Napoleonic lighthouse.


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