Page 101 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - France

DRIVE 8: Côtes-d’Armor: Land of the Sea 99

PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Saint-Malo to
Trébeurden.
Number of days: 3–4, allowing half
a day in Dinan, a full day between
Dinan and Perros Guirec and a day at
the Rose Granite coastline.
Distance: 260 km (160 miles).
Road conditions: Mostly very good
roads; signage is not so good in some
rural areas, especially on the coastal
capes and headlands.
When to go: The maritime climate
means fairly steady temperatures
year-round on the coast, with more
rainfall and colder temperatures
inland. The flora is wonderful in spring
and summer months.
Plymouth
CAP FRÉHEL Opening hours: Generally from 10am
Portsmouth
to 6pm. Most sights close on major
Cap Pléhérel- FORT LA LATTE
d’Erquy Plage public holidays. Always check
Sables-d'Or-les-Pins DINARD before visiting.
ST-CAST- POINTE DU SAINT-MALO
Erquy LE-GUILDO CHEVET St-Servan
Plurien Sainte- St-Lunaire Main market days: Saint-Malo: Tue,
Le Val- Aide
André St-Jacut- Fri; Dinan: Thu; Jugon-les-Lacs: Fri;
Pléneuf- Matignon de-la-Mer La Richardais
Val-André Pleurtuit Saint-Cast-le-Guildo: Fri; Cap Fréhel:
Notre- Dame-
Hánanbihen du-Guildo Ploubalay Tue; Paimpol: Tue; Tréguier: Wed;
St-Alban Châteauneuf-
d'Ille-et-Vilaine Tregastel Plage: Mon;
Planguenoual St-Denoual
Pleslin-Trigavou Trébeurden: Tue.
Plancoët Plouër-sur-Rance
Shopping: Follow the country road
Pléven
Lamballe Corseul St-Vicomte- signs to the farm produce: fromages
sur-Rance
fermiers for farm cheeses, and cidres
DINAN fermiers for artisan apple and pear
juices and ciders. Buy Brittany coast-
Bréhand Rance inspired artwork.
JUGON- Major festivals: Saint-Malo: Route du
LES-LACS
Rhum (four-yearly trans-Atlantic race,
Plénée- next race Nov 2018); Étonnants
Jugon
le Gouray
Voyageurs, May; Quai des Bulles, Oct;
Dinan: Fête des Remparts, Jul;
Paimpol: Festival du Chant de
Marin, Aug; Perros-Guirec: Festival
de Musique de Chambre, Jul–Aug.
DAYTRIP OPTIONS
KEY
The Côtes-d’Armor can also be
Drive route
explored on separate day trips: a trip
to Saint-Malo’s surrounds is ideal for
seafaring souls and the Vallée de la
Rance near Dinan is great for maritime
and rural peace. The beaches of
Above Busy harbour of Trébeurden, see Trégastel on the Côte de Granit Rose
p105 Right Granite cottages in the is a great family destination. For more
town of Jugon-les-Lacs, see p102 information, see p105.