Saint-Lunaire and the Pointe du Décollé

The Décollé is what Dinard looks like with the resort taken away: a spine of pink granite pushed out into the Channel, a stone cross at the tip, villas half-hidden in pines behind, and a small footbridge crossing the gap above the Grotte des Sirènes, where the sea works away underneath.

It is the widest view on this stretch of coast. From the point the beaches of Saint-Lunaire run east toward Dinard and west toward Saint-Briac, with the Îles Ébihens and, on a clear evening, the long dark line of Cap Fréhel closing the horizon. The rock itself does most of the composing.

Late afternoon and sunset are the hours; the headland faces the open sea and gets everything the sky is doing. The granite is slippery when wet, there is no shelter from the wind, and the free car park at the end of the road is the only facility, so treat it as a short, deliberate stop on the way back from the west.