We travelled by Eurostar to Paris and TGV to St. Nazaire, and chose to hire a small car. We were strangers to this coast, and the weather of an Indian summer helped our enjoyment enormously. The village is unassuming, and the hotel is the focal point. The restaurant, famous from the 1954 film, has been rebuilt as an extended terrace with a large capacity. The food is good, but pricey. The Brittany coast is well known for seafood, and this is reflected in the menu. A day's drive around the peninsular will take in an Atlantic Wall blockhouse, salt lagoons, dunes, an excellent restaurant - Le Neptune- and a walled medieval city - Guerande. Home again in time to enjoy a sundowner overlooking M. Hulot's beach before supper. Two bars in the village have live blues bands, but be sure to book a table for Sunday lunch at the hotel, because the locals take lunch seriously. Essentials like a mini-supermarket, a tabac (for maps) and a boulangerie are close by. We deducted points for no aircon, poor TV channels - CNN but not BBC World Service. Separate payments for bar or restaurant, and hotel irksome. Very helpful staff throughout made up for it.