This French island nurtures 34 palm tree species just 10 minutes from Brittany
I stepped off the rusted ferry onto Île de Batz as the Atlantic breeze carried the unexpected scent of eucalyptus across the harbor. This wasn’t the Brittany I knew – all granite cottages and windswept pines. Instead, just ten minutes from mainland France, I’d discovered a subtropical anomaly where palm trees sway against medieval ruins, … Lire plus