L'Attrape Feu — The Maker

Finistère, in the far North West of Brittany, is loved by holidaymakers for its sandy beaches, rocky coves and picture-post-card fishing ports. But away from the coast it also hosts more secret treasures. The village of Huelgoat is one, nestled among forests and granite outcrops some 20 miles inland from the seaside town of Morlaix.

A prized destination during the Belle Époque for wealthy English tourists enamoured of its ranquil woodland walks and landscape bathed in Arthurian legend, it now hosts a vibrant art centre, the École des Filles, created over the past seven years by the Parisian right-bank gallerist Françoise Livinec.

Built in the early 19th century to house a communal boarding school for girls, the complex has been converted into a series of showrooms rambling over a 2,000 square metre space filled with artworks gathered during Livinec's travels across the world. During the summer months,every Sunday, a celebrity writer is invited to talk and lead a literary-philosophical conversation, followed by a feast of seafood - a local specialty - accompanied by excellent wines and delicious patisseries made by Alice, Livinec's assistant and resident art historian.

This year's summer show, '' L'Attrape Feu ", features 15 contemporary artists from the four corners of the globe. All do interesting work and some are exceptional - not least Parvathi Nayarit from India, Kim Tae-Ho from Korea, Wei Ligang from China, Zuka from USA and Loic Le Groumellec from Brittany.

Livinec animates the proceedings and encourages visitors to explore the surrounding landscape. A favourite promenade passes through the Chaos, a fantastical boulder-filled waterfall , to a bluff above the cascade topped by a stele commemorating the French poet, doctor, explorer and sinologist Victor Segalen, who died here in 1919.

Beside offering a serious dose of culture, the area is a hiker's paradise, with a nature reserve, grottos, a pre-roman hill fort, a village-side lake (created in the 18th century to feed water to local lead and silver mines, long abandoned), the Brittany Coast an easy drive away, and some delightful small hotels for a perfect holiday break.

Programme of events, École des Filles, until 11 September.

www.ecoledesfilles.org

www.huelgoat-carhaix-tourisme.com

Info tourism tel - 02 98-99 72 32

菲尼斯泰尔省位于法国西北部，布列塔尼大区，其沙滩、岩石洞穴和明信片图画般的渔港深受度假者喜爱。它离海岸有段距离，蕴含更多神秘宝藏。埃尔瓜特是一个坐落在森林和花岗岩中的小镇，距离莫尔莱海滨小镇约20英里。

在文艺大繁荣时期，富有的英国游客下迷恋于它寂静的林中小道和亚瑟王传奇里那样的美景，如今这个广受赞誉的地方现在拥有一个充满活力的艺术中心， École des Filles，在过去七年创造了巴黎右岸画廊Françoise Livinec。

建于19世纪初期的女生公共寄宿学校已变成2000平方米的系列展厅，展示Livinec在世界各地旅行带回的艺术品。夏天,每个星期天, 知名作家会受邀谈论文学哲学，随后海鲜盛宴——当地特产——伴随着美酒和Alice做美味的糕点，Alice是Livinec的助手、居民艺术历史学家。

今年的夏季展“L'Attrape Feu”汇集来自世界各地的15个当代艺术家，做些有趣的工作，有些是例外——至少 Parvathi Nayarit来自印度，Kim Tae-Ho来自韩国，Wei Ligang 来自中国，Zuka来自美国， Loic Le Groumellec 从布列塔尼。

Livinec让过程轻松愉快并且鼓励游客探索周围的景观，散步至布满巨石的瀑布，瀑布顶上有纪念1919年去世的法国诗人、医生、探险家和汉学家的Victor Segalen的石碑。

除了有文化景观，该地区也是登山者的天堂，这儿有自然保护区、石窟、前罗马山堡村方湖（创建于第十八世纪，给当地铅和银山供水，废弃已久），一个简单的车程,一些可爱的小酒店，在布列塔尼海岸你可以拥有一个完美的假期。