Saint-Brieuc tourism and travel guide
Visit Saint-Brieuc: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Saint-Brieuc has a cathedral and a historic centre with several medieval houses to see
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Saint-Brieuc. For detailed visitor information see the Saint-Brieuc travel guide.
Saint-Brieuc is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department and Brittany region, in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Cotes-d'Armor department (general information: Saint-Brieuc is 377 kilometres from Paris).
Attractions in Saint-Brieuc
The Pointe du Roselier is a beautiful view of the cliffs and Bay of Saint-Brieuc, in northern Brittany: Pointe du Roselier
Popular places to visit nearby include Binic at 11 km and Saint-Quay-Portrieux at 17 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Saint-Brieuc, 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-Brieuc 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-Brieuc
Markets in and near Saint-Brieuc
Market days in Saint-Brieuc: weekly market: Wednesday & Sunday & Saturday;
- Saint-Brieuc: market Wednesday & Sunday & Saturday (0km)
- Plerin: market Sunday (3km)
- Binic: market Thursday (12km)
- Etables-sur-Mer: market Tuesday (14km)
- Quintin: market Tuesday (16km)
- Chatelaudren: market Monday (16km)
- Saint-Quay-Portrieux: market Monday & Friday (16km)
- Pleneuf-Val-Andre: market Tuesday & Friday (17km)
- Ploeuc-sur-Lie: market Thursday (18km)
- Lamballe: market Thursday all day (19km)
More information about Saint-Brieuc, Brittany
Tourist attractions near Saint-Brieuc, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Brieuc.
Grand sites of France
- Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (26km)
- Beauport Abbey (35km)
National Monuments
- Maison Ernest Renan (46km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Paimpol (37km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du Colombier (15km)
- Jardin du Grand Launay (38km)
- Jardin du château de la Roche-Jagu (38km)
- Jardin du Botrain (38km)
- Jardins de Kerdalo (45km)
- Jardin du Kestellic (48km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Treguier (46km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Baie de Saint-Brieuc (17km)
- Îlot du Verdelet (18km)
- Le Grand-Pourier (27km)
- Source - Rance (29km)
- Abbaye de Beauport (35km)
- Cap Frehel (38km)
- Lac de Guerlédan (40km)
- Menez Bré (41km)
- Îlot de la Colombière (43km)
- Baie de Lancieux, baie de l'Arguenon, archipel de Saint-Malo et Dinard (46km)
- Sillon de Talbert (47km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Quintin (16km)
- Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marche (34km)
- Pontrieux (36km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Zooparc de Trégomeur (12km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Brieuc
Canton: Saint-Brieuc
Arrondissement: Saint-Brieuc
Department: Cotes-d'Armor
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 22000
Distance to Saint-Brieuc
from Saint-Brieuc (prefecture): 1 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 428 km
from Nice: 939 km
from Bordeaux: 441 km
from Strasbourg: 773 km
Getting here
Saint-Brieuc 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-Brieuc from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): La Meaugon, Langueux, Plerin, Ploufragan, Tregueux and Yffiniac.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Brieuc
