Harbour

Port de Ploumanac'h

3.3Perros-Guirec, FranceCôtes-d'Armor

Maximum length: 12 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 1.5 m

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Traouïéros valley, within the Côte de Granit Rose classified site, commune of Perros-Guirec in Côtes-d'Armor.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach between Île Tomé and the mainland, then line up the leading marks of Men Ruz lighthouse on 225 degrees. The floating basin is closed by an automated tilting sill, 12 m wide, renewed in 2024, opening around HW plus or minus 2 hours depending on draught. Outside the basin, the Mouillage des Arcades on 30 buoys dries at low water. VHF 9.

Practical

16 visitor berths in the floating basin, max draught 1.5 m, plus the 30 buoys of the Mouillage des Arcades that take the ground on sand. Water, power, showers and capitainerie at the basin. No diesel on site, nearest fuel at Perros-Guirec Marina, 2.3 NM SE. Shops and restaurants in the hamlet at the head of the port.

Ashore

GR34 sentier des douaniers runs straight from the quay round the granite chaos of the Parc Municipal, 2 km to plage Saint-Guirec and 4 km on to Trestraou beach at Perros-Guirec. Men Ruz lighthouse and Maison du Littoral interpretation centre stand on the point above the port. Daily open-air market on Saint-Guirec square in summer.

History

The valley takes its name from Saint Guirec, a 6th-century Welsh monk whose oratory stands on the tidal beach 400 m north of the port. The site has been a classified landscape since 1935 for its pink granite formations.

Story

A wooden statue of Saint Guirec stood on the tidal beach until unmarried women stopped sticking pins in its nose to find a husband within the year, after which the church replaced the effigy with a stone copy.