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Cote de Granit Rose Brittany
It is not surprising that the 'coast of pink granite' was so named - for parts of this 30 kilometre stretch of coast the rock is a positively unnatural pink colour, always beautiful and perhaps more so under the early morning and evening sun.
The Cote de Granit Rose runs from Plestin-les-Greves to Louannec, in the Cotes d'Armor department of Brittany.
The centre - the best place to see the granite in all its glory - is at Perros-Guirec and along to nearby Ploumanac'h. The 'Customs Path' following the coast starts from here and leads to Ranolien.
The pink granite is still quarried in the region, near La Clarté.
(Interesting note: there are only three coastlines of pink granite to be found in the world - here in Brittany, Corsica, and one in China)
Cote de Granit rose: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites
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Travel, hotels and holiday gites, Cote de Granit Rose
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Places to visit - Cote de Granit Rose
- Treguier Brittany town
- Lannion Brittany town
- Perros-Guirec Popular Brittany coastal resort
Any places listed above are within about 20-25 km (as the crow flies)
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