Seven paint-your-own-pottery cafés in Brittany |

In Brittany, paint-your-own-pottery cafés are making a splash. You choose your “biscuit”, sip a latte, paint away and breathe easy. A blend of creativity and conviviality and a real bubble outside of time.

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1. Des Joies in Dinan

Arty break

Former nurse Julie has created a relaxing, inclusive paint-your-own-pottery café in Dinan. Spacious and brightly lit, it provides everyone with their own little corner conducive to creation. Make the utmost of its 2-hour workshops and XXL workspaces and enjoy full immersion. The hardest thing you’ll have to do is choose from among the 120 items available, including eggcups, frames, egg boxes and vases, some of them made by residents of an assisted living facility in Dinan. Drinks are local and 100% organic, pastries are made in Dinan and the mixed platters are perfect for sharing. A cocooning address, ideal for settling back and reconnecting!

Des Joies, café céramique

To sleep: Hôtel de la Porte Saint-Malo

2. Arti Café Céramique in Rennes

Slow pottery

In Rennes, near Place de la République, Arti is a creative HQ with a “slow” atmosphere. Chloé, Anne and Jasmine make sure that everyone finds what they’re looking for among the 40 or so models available. Including a “Made in Rennes” mini-collection (matcha bowl, colander, takeaway mug, etc.). You can even come with your own pottery. Local coffee roasted in Saint-Thuriau and Boncoeur vegan cookies: you leave this paint-your-own-pottery café feeling as Zen as you would after a spa session…but with a mug on top of it all.

Arti Café Céramique

To sleep: Hotel de Nemours

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3. Les Potérieurs in Auray

Among friends and good laughs

The pioneers! In Le Pavillon’s gallery in Auray town centre, you paint and jaw the day away: good humour and camaraderie guaranteed. A wide choice of French handcrafted items, soon in collaboration with a Breton ceramist. Each model has its name: Lili the plate, Marin the bowl, Georges the butter dish, and so on. You can stay as long as you like, sample a cookie from Hello Rivage and make the utmost of your time by checking out the local artists’ shop corner (which includes pieces by your host Marion). The perfect spot to spend a cool, creative hour or three.

Les Potérieurs

To sleep: La Belle Folie

4. 980°C in Lorient

At just the right temperature

980°C? The temperature of the kiln that fires the “biscuits” of course! At the helm of this paint-your-own-pottery café in the very heart of Lorient, a duo of sisters: Manon the ceramist and Juliette the barista. You sit yourself down at one of the mosaic tables in a “flea market chic” atmosphere, dip into an inspiration book, try out stencil and sponges… Your choice from over 80 items to paint and models that vary with the seasons, from Christmas tree balls to summery pitchers. The local drinks offer is amazing and the pastries from the neighbouring coffee-shop, Coline, a delight!

980° Café Céramique

To sleep: Manoir des Eperviers

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5. Café Céramique in Quimper and Brest

In the birthplace of faience

Hard to imagine a better setting than a listed building in Quimper’s pedestrian centre – a city emblematic of Breton pottery. Stone archway, view of the Cathedral and warmly welcoming atmosphere: the place is an invitation to creation. With 70 models, including a series created by a Quimper ceramist, there’s a wide choice. Even beginners come up with real wonders thanks to the simple techniques demonstrated by Garance. Between brushstrokes, there are local drinks, cookies, almond cakes and aperitif boards for you to enjoy. Same concept in Brest, near Rue de Siam.

Le Café Céramique

To sleep

Quimper: Hôtel Ginkgo & Spa Biloba

Brest: Hôtel & Spa Oceania Le Conti

6. Color Café Céramique in Morlaix

Creativity & whipped cream

In Morlaix, just a step away from the town hall, a newcomer with grandma’s house-style vintage decor: Formica chairs and antique furniture. The place is small so don’t forget to book! Ophélie guides beginners (tip: start with a flat item). Some 50 models to choose from, renewed every two weeks and including her own creations (earrings, small hanging decorations and door decorations among them). In 2026, Romain will be providing a real coffee-shop offer complete with Breton teas and milk-frothy coffees and homemade cakes. Fondant chocolate cake with whipped cream – irresistible!

Color Café Céramique

To sleep: Grand Hôtel de l’Europe

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7. L’Esprit Libre in Saint-Malo

In the artist’s studio

Reading lamps and cable tray dotted with plants. In Saint-Malo, a stone’s throw from Sillon beach, Charlène and Édouard have created an artist’s studio… cosy version! Over 65 models await you on its shelves, including mugs, plates, frames and house signs. Choose your hues from a colour chart, get hold of some sticky tape for the stripes and a toothbrush for the splatters and let yourself go. Drinks, local goodies and sea-salty atmosphere as a bonus: an inspiring Saint-Malo break!

L’esprit libre café céramique

To sleep: Hôtel Oré