Anchorage

Trestraou

Shelter: SE, S, SW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Bay off Trestraou beach at Perros-Guirec, on the Côte de Granit Rose in Côtes-d'Armor.

Mooring buoys
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the north, leaving the Île Tomé to starboard. Around 25 seasonal buoys in the bay, sand bottom, with room to anchor behind them clear of the ferry channel. Exposed from SE to SW and untenable in northerly swell. The bay rolls persistently, at every state of tide and even in light winds, so it suits calm settled weather. VHF 9.

Practical

Buoys laid by the Perros-Guirec SNSM and town services in season, with a reasonable weekly rate in summer, while anchoring behind them is free. No pontoon access. Land by tender on the beach or leave the dinghy at the nautical centre, possible at all states of tide and easier than Ploumanac'h at low water. Perros-Guirec harbour 1.1 NM SE for fuel, water and berths afloat.

Ashore

Trestraou beach fronts the mooring with lifeguards in July and August. Start of the Sentier des Douaniers GR34 to Ploumanac'h, about 4 km along the pink granite coastline to the Château de Costaérès and the Mean Ruz lighthouse. Casino, thalassotherapy centre and shops on the seafront.

History

Perros-Guirec developed as a seaside resort from the 1880s, with the first villas on Trestraou built after the arrival of the tramway from Lannion in 1906.