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Dinan

A walled medieval town of timbered houses above a port on the Rance River, near Saint-Malo.

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Best Time to Go
May–Sep
Our full guide to Dinan is being written. It's on the Normandy, Brittany and the Loire list as If You're Nearby.

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Heritage · UNESCO

Mont-Saint-Michel

Normandy
About 27 miles away

A medieval abbey rising from a tidal bay on the Normandy coast.

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Worth a Detour
Heritage · Coast

Saint-Malo

Brittany
About 14 miles away

A walled corsair port on the Emerald Coast, with tidal islands you can walk to at low tide.

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Heritage · World War II

D-Day Beaches

Normandy
About 83 miles away

The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.

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Normandy, Brittany and the Loire

Mont-Saint-Michel, D-Day beaches and châteaux.

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