Brest France
France

75 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Crystal Cruises (9 Cruises)

Cunard (1 Cruises)

MSC Cruises (28 Cruises)

Oceania Cruises (15 Cruises)

Ponant (5 Cruises)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (9 Cruises)

Scenic Cruises (2 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (4 Cruises)

Windstar Cruises (2 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At the commercial port, about two kilometres from the centre. Shuttles link the quay to the heart of town in around ten minutes.
One of the largest natural harbours in Europe, shielded from the open sea by a narrow channel. Brest has lived by and for the French navy since Richelieu: grey frigates, sailing vessels and tugs are always on the move there.
The National Maritime Museum: gilded figureheads, models of naval yards, imperial barges and a midget submarine. The castle itself, built on third-century Roman walls and reworked by Vauban, is the oldest monument in the city and one of the few to come through the 1944 bombing intact.
The first urban cable car in France, crossing the Penfeld above the naval yard in one minute. It drops visitors at the Ateliers des Capucins, former shipbuilding halls converted into a vast covered square with a library, cafes and century-old machine tools.
The castle and Maritime Museum, twenty minutes' walk from the quay, the Rue de Siam, then the cable car to the Ateliers des Capucins. Océanopolis needs half a day on its own: you have to choose.
A science centre in three pavilions devoted to polar, tropical and temperate ecosystems: king penguins, seals, reef sharks and Breton kelp forests. It sits by the Moulin Blanc marina, about fifteen minutes by bus or taxi from the terminal.
Because it was ninety per cent flattened in the Second World War and rebuilt in the pale concrete of the 1950s. The Rue de Siam, a straight avenue running down to the naval yard, shows that modernity plainly: wide perspectives and black granite fountains by Marta Pan.
From the embassy of the kingdom of Siam that came to meet Louis XIV in 1686, an episode the people of Brest are still proud of.
Breton cheeses, cider and salted-butter caramels, from the market under the Saint-Louis halls. Far breton is worth trying at the Capucins.
It does not charm at first glance: the rebuilt city lacks the picturesque quality people expect from a Breton call. It has to be earned. Between the Maritime Museum, the Capucins and the shifting light over the roadstead, attentive passengers quickly grasp why Bretons are so attached to their maritime city.