Where for example? Aboard the Ausquémé, an old wooden sailboat used to dredge flat oysters. At the helm and in the kitchen, Emmanuel Tessier, chef of La Cuisine Corsaire École.
Why is it good (and good)? While sailing from Cancale in the superb bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, you learn how to lift a trap or set a train and, above all, you taste the cuisine rich in spices from the chef, former second in command to Olivier Roellinger.
We reserve! €139 for a 4-hour “Corsair ride” with the chef. Other shorter formulas from €49, cuisinecorsaire.fr.
And also:we embark (at 4:30 a.m.!) with the skippers of Guilvinec for a day of fishing and auctioning. Or, cooler, we explore the oyster beds of the Gulf of Morbihan in an electric motor barge, with tasting as a bonus. Two “Breton Experiences” to book on tourismebretagne.com. In Béarn des Gaves, wild salmon are fished on the Gave d’Oloron. For fishing in calm waters, head to La Maison de Mathilde guest house on the shores of Lake Geneva. And for “no kill” fishing in a private pond (carp, perch, roach, etc.), head to the Combe-Gibert pond in Haute-Marne.
