Around Erquy : the Penthièvre Coast

Monuments, museums, leisure activities,
visits and natural sites in the Penthièvre area


Erquy

- 10 beaches of fine sand. - Cap d'Erquy : protected natural site. Cannonball oven, guardhouse.
- the Château of Bienassis (15th and 17th century). French style garden, furnished interior Church : holy water fonts, altar piece.
- Chapels : Fishermen's, Saint-Michel (on top of an islet), Saint-Pabu.

Plurien 

- Church (12th and 13th century). Granit statue of Saint-Peter, holy water font.
- River and estuary.

Fréhel

- Beach in Sables d'Or
- Cap Fréhel : natural site and et ornithological reserve. Lighthouse.
- Fort-la-Latte : castel (14th and 17th century), drawbridge, keep, cannonball oven
- Chapels : Saint-Sébastien and Vieux-Bourg.

Pléneuf Val-André

- Seaside resort - Verdelet islet, ornithological reserve.
- Yachting port in Dahouët.
- Casino

Saint-Alban

- Chapel : Saint-Jacques.
- Church

Planguenoual

- 4 tower dovecote of Vaujoyeux
- mussel farming.
- Farm (rural life in the early 20th century).

Morieux

- Roman church : wall paintings (12th - 18th century).
- Indian Forest : tree climbing

Hillion

- Church
- Dovecote. - ancient wayside cross
- Maison de la Baie : exhibitions and guided visits about the environment
- Mussel farming.

Lamballe

- Churches : Saint-Jean and Saint-Martin, Notre-Dame.
- Museum Mathurin Méheut (1882 - 1958) : drawings and paintings.
- National studfarm : visit of horse stables, ironworks.

Jugon-les-Lacs

- Label "Petite Cité de Caractère".
- Lake, fishing school.

Plédéliac

- Forest of Hunaudaye.
- Castel of Hunaudaye : forteress (14th - 15th).
- Farm (rural life in the early 20th century).

and farther on...

- Grand Aquarium in Saint Malo.

 

 







Office de Tourisme d'Erquy

3, rue du 19 mars 1962 - BP 81 - 22430 ERQUY - France
Tél : 02 96 72 30 12 - fax : 02 96 72 02 88 - info@erquy-tourisme.com - www.erquy-tourisme.com

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