Saint-Jacut-De-La-Mer: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer combines coastal landscapes, maritime history and activities on the water. Nine beaches line the town; at the same time, the foreshore of the Bay of Arguenon is one of the remarkable coastal areas of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer and is significant from a landscape, biological, historical and archaeological perspective.

Coast and Nature

The Digue de la Banche has two stairways. One of them is a traditional staircase made of sandstone steps leading down to the beach; wooden remains of the Ducs d'Albe are still visible on the beach. Above Plage de l'Abbaye, a promenade follows the former customs officers' path and offers a panorama of the Bay of Arguenon.

Water and Trails

The Club Nautique de Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer offers catamaran, windsurfing, paddleboarding and kayaking activities, as well as land sailing, through courses, club activities and rentals. Sailing, stand-up paddleboarding and kitesurfing are available at Rougeret Beach.

The Ébihens Archipelago can be reached on foot from Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer at low tide. The GR®34, the former customs officers' path, can be followed as a hiking trail around the Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer peninsula. Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer is also a stage on the Vélomaritime® cycle route.

History

Saint-Jacut Abbey was founded in the 5th century as a Benedictine monastery by Saint Jacut. The Digue des Moines is a 1,100-metre-long earth embankment with a dry-stone facing on the seaward side; it was built by the Benedictine monks of Saint-Jacut Abbey.

The tower on the Ébihens served as a lighthouse from 1650 onwards, before the Fréhel Lighthouse was built. The Port de la Chapelle on the southern beach of Île des Ébihens historically served as an anchorage where coastal vessels could remain afloat. The slipway and the small breakwater at Houle Caussel were built in 1867 as part of a second small harbour.

Local Culture

La Maison du pêcheur is an exhibition space in the centre of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer for children and adults. It presents local fishing practices through the ages on nine bilingual panels in French and English and includes audiovisual archives about the landing of mackerel in the port of Houle Causseul in the 1920s.

Visitors can discover the oyster beds and bouchot mussel farms of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer accompanied by shellfish farming specialists. Guided tours are offered throughout the year by the tourist office and/or the Village-rivages association. Village-rivages opens up the Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer peninsula through seven maritime heritage sites.

Getting There

Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer can be reached by BreizhGo buses from Saint-Malo station via route 214 and from Dinan station via route 212.

Other Places

Other places: Guitté, Runan, Squiffiec, Plouvara, Bobital, Trédaniel, Lantic, Perret

To the higher-level travel overview: Côtes-D’armor.