On a few kilometers of the northern Brittany coastline, a combination of geological hazards has given the rocks a reddish hue. Additionally, erosion has given the rocks strange shapes and litteraly left large boulders resting on one another, sometimes on a few centimeters only. This area encompasses the towns of Ploumanach, Perros Guirec,Tregastel and Trebeurden.
The limits of this geological feature are very well marked and can easily be seen from the sea.
Pink granite coast
Ile Grande
L'Ile Grande is in fact no longer an island since there is now a bridge linking it to mainland Brittany. It has a walking path following all its coastline, making it easy to discover it all.
Perros Guirec
This town was named after the breton Saint Guirec. It is often associated directly with the pink granite coast area, though the pink granite really starts further West. The town has several beaches,...
Ploumanach
Ploumanach is a well known place for photographers: the most beautiful stretch of coast in Northern Brittany.
Trégastel
With Ploumanach', Trégastel is the most beautiful part of the pink granite coast of northern Brittany. The village is made of a center at Porz Cos and scattered housings along the small Sainte...