Côtes-D’armor: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The Côte de Granit rose is famous for its colorful rocks with poetic shapes. Côtes-d'Armor is home to nature reserves and archaeological heritage. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Côtes-D’armor can then continue searching for accommodation.

Nature and activities

The Centre nautique de Fréhel offers catamaran sailing, windsurfing, wing foiling, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and sand yachting. Cap Fréhel covers around 414 hectares of coastal heathland. The Sillon de Talbert stretches almost 3 kilometers into the sea and is a significant European pebble tombolo. The département offers a coastal hiking trail along the GR®34 and a cycle route with La Vélomaritime–EuroVelo 4. La Vélomaritime crosses Côtes-d'Armor through valleys, hamlets, characterful ports and noteworthy places near the sea.

The Sept-Îles archipelago is France's largest ornithological reserve and is home to France's only colony of northern gannets. In Lan Bern, 85 bird species, 15 amphibian and reptile species, and 300 insect species have been recorded. The Sillon de Talbert area is described as Europe's most significant seaweed field; 400 species have been recorded there. Lan Bern has an 11-kilometer discovery trail as well as a flat, sandy and accessible 2-kilometer path.

Culture and history

Abbaye de Beauport is the only Premonstratensian abbey in Brittany. It offers a bilingual audio-guided tour for independent exploration and guided tours covering more than 800 years of history. The archaeological heritage of Côtes-d'Armor ranges from prehistoric megalithic alignments to urban remains from the Gallo-Roman period.

La Vallée des Saints is freely accessible every day, 24 hours a day, all year round. It has bicycle shelters, charging facilities for electric bicycles, a pump station, lockers, picnic tables and visitor shelters. The Domaine de la Roche-Jagu covers more than 64 hectares and is recognized as a Jardin remarquable for its landscape and botanical qualities. Château de la Hunaudaye offers tours through its five towers and conveys the medieval history of the site.

Regional cuisine

In Côtes-d'Armor, buckwheat crêpes and galettes are the same complete dish, with regional differences in texture. Scallops from the Bay of Saint-Brieuc are served raw or cooked, including as carpaccio and in galettes. The Bay of Saint-Brieuc has France's largest natural scallop bed, covering an area of 150,000 hectares. The certified designation “Coquille Saint-Jacques des Côtes d’Armor” specifies the product's origin, catch date and shipping period. Tourist offices organize guided tours of fish auctions at the main scallop landing ports in Erquy and Saint-Quay-Portrieux.

Getting there

Paimpol and Dinan also have SNCF railway stations, supplementing the département's TGV stations.

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