Bretagne Pink Granite Coast

Pink on the coast the granite becomes grey as it plunges inland along the estuaries of the trieux and the jaudy.

Bretagne pink granite coast.

This festival of changing colours on land at sea and in the air constitutes a unique show in brittany. It has become a popular tourist destination due to its unusual pink sands and rock formations. In bretagne in the côtes d armor you ll find this famous pink granite coast with the typical brown pink like colour of the rocks. You cannot remain untouched to the charms of the pink granite coast in côtes d armor a stretch from paimpol to trébeurden the natural erosion of this northern coastal part of brittany made of large colourful pink granite rocks has resulted into bold rounded estrange forms and shapes that most peculiar ones have been given names like the elephant the hare or napoléon s hat just to name a.

With its stunning rocky outcrops the pink granite coast presents the visitor with an extraordinary landscape a jewel in brittany s unspoilt coastal crown. Located in the historic region of trégor it stretches over several miles between the towns of perros guirec trégastel pleumeur bodou and trébeurden. The pink granite coast offers beautiful scenery thanks to its waters islands wildlife and flora. The côte de granit rose or pink granite coast is a stretch of coastline in the côtes d armor departement of northern brittany france it stretches for more than thirty kilometres from plestin les grèves to louannec encompassing trégastel.

The sept îles national nature reserve off the coast of perros guirec is home to one of the largest colonies of seabirds especially puffins gannets and cormorants. The pink granite coast has rock formations and sands in hues seldom found elsewhere for its entire length the shoreline of brittany is extravagantly indented with each successive little inlet. But above all the coast is characterized by its granitic chaos with its pink shades and shapes that appeal to the imagination. The birds love this highly colourful landscape.

To admire this pink granite coast with its beautiful natural colours you can travel from plestin les grèves to louannec through trébeurden trégastel and perros guirec where you ll find about twelve campsites.