Pink rocks
Strange shapes.
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Ploumanac'h is a village and port in a natural harbour within the commune of Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor, northern Brittany, France, about 3 km northwest of the town of Perros-Guirec. In 2015 it was voted the French public's favourite village. The area is famous for the pink granite rocks and sand of the Côte de Granit Rose, the Pink Granite Coast. Landmarks include the old tidal mill and Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, and a small château, not open to the public, where the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis, the novel that won him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Huge blocks of pink granite lie along the shore, shaped by wind and waves into strange rounded forms that look like animals and faces, above clear blue water and little coves. The rock shifts from pink to orange in the sunlight, especially at sunset, and at low tide the harbour empties to mudflats where boats rest. Visitors walk the Sentier des Douaniers, the old customs officers' path, among the pink rocks and past the lighthouse, stopping among the rocks for photos. It is mostly easy, and sunset is the best time.
Strange shapes.
Along the coast.
Among the rocks.
Ploumanac'h, Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
At sunset.
Mostly easy.