Dinan travel guide
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Visit Dinan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dinan is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 53 km from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital. (General information: Dinan is 326 km from Paris and 394 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Dinan (page also includes a photo gallery for Dinan)
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Popular places to visit near Dinan: these include Plancoet at 16 km and Dinard at 20 km.
Saint-Juvat is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Jardins du château de la Bourbansais is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dinan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Dinan has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dinan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dinan
See France This Way travel guides for Cotes-d'Armor and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dinan.
Note that all distances from Dinan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dinan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dinan (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Brittany and Cotes-d'Armor gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Dinan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (12km) : Jardins de Montmarin (14km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (19km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (38km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (41km) : Jardin du Colombier (47km) : Jardins de Broceliande (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Juvat (11km) : Dinard (20km) : Saint-Malo (22km) : Le Rheu (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rennes (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (36km) : Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Dinan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dinan
Canton: Dinan
Arrondissement: Dinan
Department: Cotes-d'Armor
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 22100
Distance to Dinan
from Saint-Brieuc: 53 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 394 km
from Nice: 891 km
from Bordeaux: 418 km
from Strasbourg: 721 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dinan): Aucaleuc, Bobital, Calorguen, La Vicomte-sur-Rance, Lanvallay, Lehon, Les Champs-Geraux, Quevert, Saint-Carne, Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, Taden and Trelivan.
Getting here
Cotes-d'Armor is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from a ferry port such as Roscoff or Saint Malo nearby on the northern Brittany coast. For driving distances to Dinan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dinan