Mont Saint-Michel | ||||||||||
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The magnificent silhouette of Mont St-Michel. The entire bay is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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The Mont and its abbey, set on the Brittany/Normandy border, is one of the most popular places to visit in France. |
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Visitors can park on the causeway and surrounding sands. It does get very busy in the summer. | |||||
Dinard | ||||||||||
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The Old Town of St-Malo can be seen clearly across the Rance estuary from the main beach at Dinard. |
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Sports enthusiasts are well catered for in Dinard with a variety of clubs available including serveral for sailing. |
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Dinard is well known for its relaxed atmosphere and the pace of life around town is agreeably slow. | |||||
Dinan | ||||||||||
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Dinan is just under three hours by boat from St-Malo down the ever narrowing Rance River. |
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The cobbled Rue du Petit Fort climbs up from the lower port to the Old Town on the hillside above. |
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Dinan boasts one of the most well preserved medieval centres in France. | |||||
Cancale | ||||||||||
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At low tide the vast expanse of oyster beds are revealed on the seabed off Cancale. |
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Cancale is split in two. The fishing port is separated by a slope from the Old Town above. |
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Pointe du Grouin, just north of Cancale, marks the western end of the Bay of Mont St-Michel. | |||||
Cote d'Emeraude | ||||||||||
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Fort la Latte is located just short of the Cap Frehel headland on an isolated rocky promontory. |
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There are two lighthouses at Cap Frehel, the first was built in the 17th century with the second added in 1950. |
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St-Cast-le-Guildo is one of a number of small picturesque resorts along the Emerald Coast. | |||||