Saint-Alban tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Le Val-André at 4 km from Saint-Alban
Visit Saint-Alban: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsSaint-Alban is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department and Brittany region, in the north-west of France at 18 kilometres from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital (general information: Saint-Alban is 360 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Le Val-André at 4 km and Erquy at 10 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Saint-Alban, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Saint-Alban in Brittany.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Cotes-d'Armor
Map of places to visit near Saint-Alban
Markets in and near Saint-Alban
- Pleneuf-Val-Andre: market Tuesday & Friday (3km)
- Erquy: market Saturday (9km)
- Lamballe: market Thursday all day (10km)
- Saint-Brieuc: market Wednesday & Sunday & Saturday (18km)
- Plerin: market Sunday (18km)
- Matignon: market Wednesday (18km)
- Saint-Cast-le-Guildo: market Monday - seasonal market only (22km)
- Binic: market Thursday (22km)
- Plancoet: market Saturday (22km)
- Etables-sur-Mer: market Tuesday (23km)
More information about Saint-Alban, Brittany
Tourist attractions near Saint-Alban, France
What to do at Saint-Alban? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Alban.
Grand sites of France
- Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (10km)
- Beauport Abbey (43km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du Colombier (22km)
- Jardins de Montmarin (35km)
- Jardin du Botrain (52km)
- Parc du château de Caradeuc (52km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Îlot du Verdelet (5km)
- Le Grand-Pourier (14km)
- Baie de Saint-Brieuc (14km)
- Cap Frehel (21km)
- Îlot de la Colombière (25km)
- Baie de Lancieux, baie de l'Arguenon, archipel de Saint-Malo et Dinard (28km)
- Source - Rance (29km)
- Cézembre (36km)
- Rance (fleuve) (37km)
- Embouchure - Rance (37km)
- Îlots Notre-Dame et Chevret (39km)
- Estuaire de la Rance (42km)
- Pointe de la Varde (42km)
- Abbaye de Beauport (43km)
- Île Besnard (45km)
- Havre de Rothéneuf (45km)
- Sillon de Talbert (53km)
- Lac de Guerlédan (55km)
Towns of Art and history
- Dinard (36km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Bedee (61km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Quintin (33km)
- Saint-Malo (39km)
- Saint-Juvat (43km)
- Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (48km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Zooparc de Trégomeur (26km)
Geography and distances
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 (prefecture): 18 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 927 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 756 km
Getting here
Saint-Alban 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.
We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Morieux, Planguenoual and Pleneuf-Val-Andre.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Alban
