Saint-Alban travel guide

Saint-Alban photo, taken in Cap Frehel France

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Visit Saint-Alban: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Alban is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 18 km from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Alban is 360 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Cap Frehel at 15 km from Saint-Alban

Popular places to visit near Saint-Alban: these include Cap Frehel at 15 km and Saint-Brieuc at 18 km.

Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel is a listed 'grand site of france' at 10km and Cap Frehel is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Saint-Alban, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Alban

photo of Dinard
Dinard 36km
photo of Dinan
Dinan 38km
photo of Paimpol
Paimpol 45km

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 Saint-Alban.

Note that all distances from Saint-Alban shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Alban holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Alban (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 Saint-Alban and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Colombier (22km) : Jardins de Montmarin (35km) : Jardin du château de la Roche-Jagu (49km) :
  2. Town / village in bloom 4*: Quintin (33km) : Dinard (36km) : Saint-Malo (39km) : Saint-Juvat (43km) : Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (48km) : Pontrieux (49km) :
  3. Towns of Art and History: Dinan (38km) :
  4. Recommended Detour Town: Paimpol (45km) :
  5. Grand Site of France: Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (10km) : Beauport Abbey (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Alban & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Alban

Canton: Pléneuf-Val-André

Arrondissement: Saint-Brieuc

Department: Cotes-d'Armor

Region: Brittany

Postcode: 22400

Distance to Saint-Alban

from Saint-Brieuc: 18 km

from Paris: 360 km

from Calais: 412 km

from Nice: 927 km

from Bordeaux: 440 km

from Strasbourg: 756 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Alban): Morieux, Planguenoual and Pleneuf-Val-Andre.

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 Saint-Alban from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Alban