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Pink Granite Coast

A stretch of Brittany's north coast where pink granite boulders are piled into strange shapes, best walked from Ploumanac'h.

Photo: Kmtextor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
May–Sep
Our full guide to Pink Granite Coast is being written. It's on the Normandy, Brittany and the Loire list as If You're Nearby.

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About 91 miles away

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About 67 miles away

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

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D-Day Beaches

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About 129 miles away

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

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