Emerald Coast travel guide
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Visit Emerald Coast: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Emerald Coast is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 64 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Emerald Coast is 320 km from Paris and 377 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Emerald Coast (page also includes a photo gallery for Emerald Coast)
Popular places to visit near Emerald Coast: these include Dinard at 4 km and Cancale at 14 km.
Saint-Malo is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 1km and Dinard is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Emerald Coast, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Emerald Coast
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Emerald Coast.
Note that all distances from Emerald Coast shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Emerald Coast holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Emerald Coast (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 Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Emerald Coast and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Montmarin (8km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (29km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (39km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (41km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Malo (1km) : Dinard (4km) : Saint-Juvat (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (34km) : Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Emerald Coast & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Emerald Coast
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: na
Distance to Emerald Coast
from Rennes: 64 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 377 km
from Nice: 900 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 717 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Emerald Coast): Dinard, La Richardais, Saint-Jouan-Des-Guerets and Saint-Malo.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Emerald Coast from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Emerald Coast