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Côtes-d’Armor: Land of the Sea

From the Côte d’Émeraude, named after the colour of the sea off Saint-Malo, to the Côte de Granit
Rose, northern Brittany has one evocatively named coastline after another. At midway point, the
Côte des Ajoncs is characterized by the golden gorse flowers which thrive in the mild maritime
climate. All these shorelines merge into the Côtes-d’Armor, extending 350 km (210 miles) through
a dramatic mix of capes, coves, cliffs and tidal phenomena. Named after the ancient Breton word
armorique, land of the sea, this is a spirited region of countryside and sea, agriculture and
aquaculture and a cuisine infused by both.

TRÉGASTEL
PLAGE Plougrescant Île-de-Bréhat
ÎLE PLOUMANAC’H Port-Blanc Port Clos
GRANDE
Ste-Anne Pointe de’l’Arcouest
Perros-Guirec
Trégastel TRÉGUIER Lézardrieux
Louannec Pont-
TRÉBEURDEN Losquet PAIMPOL
Pleudaniel
Lannion Plouézac
Locquémeau la Roche- Plourivo
Derrien
Locquirec Pontrieux Lanloup
St-Michel- Léguer
en-Greve Pléhédel Plouha
Plestin- Kerauzern Brélidy St-Clet
les-Grèves St-Quay-
Lanvellec Pluzunet Bégard Lanvollon Portrieux Baie de
Plouégat- Plouaret Trieux Plourhan Binic Saint-Brieuc
Moysan
Louargat
Guingamp Pordic
Trégomeur Les Rosaires
Loguivy- Gurunhuel Plouagat Châtelaudren St-Laurent
Plougras Moustéru St-Brieuc- Plérin
Armor Hillion
St-Brieuc
Bourbriac St-Péver
Cohiniac
Plésidy
0 kilometres 12 Plédran
CÔTES-D’ARMOR
0 miles 12 Quintin Quessoy
Plaintel
St-Carreuc
Moncontour
ACTIVITIES Plœuc-
sur-Lié
Try thalassothérapie – a marine thermal
bath treatment – in Saint-Malo
Cycle or walk in the Vallée de la Rance
Ramble, sail or kayak around the shores
of Jugon-les-Lacs
Play golf between land and sea on
Cap Fréhel
Catch a ferry to the Île de Bréhat
Navigate the northern Brittany coast
on a crewed yacht or alone
Buy oysters at the marketplace or
roadside stalls and wash them down
with a dry white wine Above Commanding fortress city of Saint-Malo, see p100