Treasure n°2 Cancale & Les Perles de la Côte

Cancale and its port

Pearls to savour

Every treasure has its pleasures. In Cancale, a picturesque little Breton port, anchored in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, there are pearls that nourish the mind as much as the body.
It’s during the low tides, when the sea retreats into the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel that the richness of the place will be revealed to you: an oyster park unique in the world. It hugs the indented shapes of the coast from the Rocher de Cancale in the north to Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes in the south. Here, exquisite pearls grow, hollow or flat, making Cancale a Site Remarquable du Goût.
This treasure is perpetuated thanks to the passion of local oyster farmers, in love with their trade, proud of their breeding registered on France’s Immaterial Cultural Heritage. They are the guardians of the tasty oysters served in the finest restaurants. But here, you can taste them as soon as they’re caught at the oyster market, on the port of La Houle. A magical moment!
To catch more pearls, put on your boots and go fishing on foot. The terrain is a great playground for discovering the marine environment.

Our advice: extend this beautiful day aboard the bisquine, La Cancalaise. Elegant, racy fishing yachts to travel back in time. Bon appétit and bon vent!

Entre Terre et Mer

All along the Emerald Coast, stops are a must to enjoy an invigorating and rare landscape, between land and sea.

At Saint-Coulomb, gorse, broom, heather and honeysuckle waft their fragrance into the air. You are immediately captured by the beauty of the place, like the writer Colette who spent her summers at the villa Roz-ven where she wrote Le Blé en Herbe.The beaches are wild, the dunes are strewn with oyats. The Du Guesclin beach is one of the most beautiful pearls of this coast, but shhh! les malouinières, these grand shipowners’ houses that will dazzle you. They will charm you with their richly ornate interiors and formal gardens.

A little further on, towards Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, the fertile fields, gorged with the bounty of the sea, are the delight of market gardeners. Stop off to do your shopping here, the flavours of the seasonal vegetables and fruit are incomparable.Your taste buds will thank you.

This Emerald Coast lives up to its name.