Plage de Trestraou

Perros-Guirec, Cote de Granit Rose, Brittany · 🇫🇷 France

A sheltered Breton crescent that launches the coastal path past the surreal rose-pink granite boulders of Perros-Guirec.

Sea temperature

~17°C in the warm season

Water

Cool clear Atlantic with a big tidal range

Sand

Long crescent of fine pale sand

Swimming

Refreshing to cold, gentle when sheltered, large tides

Best time to visit

July-September

Setting

Gateway to the Pink Granite Coast and its rose-hued boulder formations

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Region

Europe

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