Pontrieux commands the original bridging point over the Trieux river, and is a pleasant old port of lovely wood and stone buildings. It boasts many interesting art and craft shops. It is also where you will find your nearest Intermarché, Pharmacy, banks and crepries.

As was the case with several of the ports along this coast, St Quay once dispatched its men folk to fish for cod. Today it has re-placed its cod-fishing revenue with scallops, mackerel and plaice caught more locally. Most importantly nowadays, however is tourism. Its leisure activities, are admirable with a casino, disco, bars and cafes. St Quay has five good beaches, with Mickey Clubs (supervised entertainment for young children) and lifeguards, while an outdoor swimming pool provides calmer waters. Sea-angling trips and cruises to the Ile de Brehat are available, while the Chemin de Ronde footpath is also popular

Perros-Guirec the largest resort on the Pink Granite Coast. Well equipped, and spacious enough to disperse the summer crowds, it attracts older visitors as well. Two superb beaches lie to the north-west; southwards, a serpentine corniche road meanders past a gritty foreshore to the busy marina. On this side of town a small waxwork museum chronicles a century of turbulent local history. While a casino, congress centre and thalassotherapy centre occupy the attractive seafront at Trestraou beach.

Paimpol is sheltered in a deep cove at the end of the bay of St Brieuc.Paimpol is an attractive, bustling port packed with pleasure craft and chandlery. The surrounding buildings are shuttered and dormered. There are more delightful old houses scattered throughout the cobbled town, especially around the Place du Martray, where a daily market displays fresh local produce .

Tréguier's cathedral, built of pink granite, is the most impressive building. Its piecemeal construction in a variety of styles over several centuries has achieved a pleasing harmony. Most of it is Gothic, though one of its three towers, over the transept, is Romansque. The great spire at its west end is a masterpiece of the Decorated period, fretted into multi-patterned holes, to reduce wind resistance.

Costaeres Castle stands on its rocky foundations, on a small island in Ploumanac'h bay. One of the most striking places in which to see the Pink Granite scenery

Now Brehat's permanent population of about 400 is annually swollen to about 10 times that number in summer, when its three hotels are often fully booked.

The ferry terminal at Pointe de l'Arcouest. Les Vedettes de Brehat shuttle back and forth on 10-minute hops, hourly in summer