Côtes-d'Armor: what to see and do
43 sites listed in the département. Famous for its Pink Granite Coast and its spectacular rock formations, the Côtes-d'Armor combine Breton moors, typical fishing ports and medieval towns such as Dinan. This Breton département has one of the most photographed coastlines in France.
Aquarium Marin de Trégastel
The Trégastel Marine Aquarium stands 100 metres from the beach and is hollowed out beneath a great pink granite boulder known as the "Père Éternel".
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel is the largest area (nearly 400 hectares) of coastal heath on the French coasts.
Château de Fort La Latte
Every castle has its legends, and Fort La Latte is no exception.
Les Rochers de Ploumanac'h
Sculpted by the sea and time, balanced in a sometimes more than improbable equilibrium, steeped in mystery and fuelling the imagination, the rocks recall the power of the natural elements.
Cap d'Erquy
Pink sandstone cliffs 470 million years old, heaths and old quarries, at the eastern end of the bay of Saint-Brieuc.
Chaos de l'Ile Renote
The Renote peninsula is a protected natural area that shelters many chaos of pink granite, with fauna and flora characteristic of the seaside.
ArchéoMusée Coriosolis (ex-Centre d'interprétation du patrimoine Coriosolis)
Château de Bienassis
Château de Caradeuc
Château de Coat-an-noz
Château de Costaérès
Château de Dinan
Dinan has many medieval ruins including almost intact ramparts and the "castle of Duchess Anne".
Château de Hac
Château de La Guyomarais
Château de Lorge
Château de Quintin
Château de Rosanbo
Château de Tonquédec
The imposing ruins of the château de Tonquédec stand in a fine setting, on a promontory overlooking the Léguer valley.
Château de la Hunaudaye
Château de la Roche-Jagu
Château des Salles
Cité des télécoms
Dinan
Surrounded by 3 kilometres of ramparts, the medieval town of Dinan, unique in Brittany, and its many half-timbered houses have overlooked the Rance Valley since the eleventh century.
Forum de Trégastel
Gorges du Corong
Taking the direction of Saint-Nicodème or Kergrist-Moëlou, the road leads you through one of the wildest natural sites.
Ile de Bréhat
Île-de-Bréhat is a French commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département, north of the Pointe de l'Arcouest in Brittany, made up of the Bréhat archipelago, named after the main island.
Jardin de Kerdalo
The Kerdalo gardens are in the French commune of Trédarzec in the Côtes-d'Armor département (Brittany).
Le Village Gaulois
Les chaos des Traouïero
Between Trégastel and Perros-Guirec, on the Pink Granite Coast, hides an astonishing site: the Traouïero.
Manoir de La Peignie
Manoir de Vaumadeuc
Moncontour
A small town of character in the very heart of the Côtes-d'Armor, between two valleys, Moncontour is a medieval village ringed by ramparts and perched on a rocky promontory.
Plage des Sables-d'Or-les-Pins
The brilliance of its sand gave rise to a legend saying that the islet of Saint-Michel, off the little estuary, which once sheltered a treasure, was engulfed by the waves that scattered the gold ingots it hid.
Plage du Val-André
A large sand beach of the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, bordered by a promenade seawall and Belle Époque villas.
Planétarium de Bretagne
Remontée de la rivière du Trieux
Rochers de Trébeurden
Trébeurden's wild coast, which unfolds on either side of these beaches, offers walks where the customs officers' path will make you stop on the Pointe du Château peninsula, where several rocks seem to turn into sculpted animals.
Sillon de Talbert
Phew! A haven of total peace, a place unique in the world for its specificity. An isthmus protected for bird breeding, notably the second classified site for the breeding of little terns.
Terrarium de Kerdanet Vivarium - Aquarium
Zooparc de Trégomeur
In an exceptional valley floor, entirely recreated in 2007, this vast animal ensemble devoted to Asia is set in a splendid green setting.
Côte de Granit Rose
On this stretch of the Trégor coast, rocks of pinkish granite with shapes sculpted by erosion make up a landscape unique in France. The Customs Officers' path, between Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h, offers the most beautiful route.
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