Starting from the ferry port , this route first travels around the coast giving you a good insight into the old town of Roscoff. You'll pass the square tower Lighthouse, who's construction was halted in 1914 because of WW1, then completed in 1917. Then the house of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots and finally the Exotic and Botanical Garden of Roscoff created by Louis Kerdilès. Using the smaller roads, you'll pass through Saint-Pol-de-Léon where you can fill up with fuel. It's then onto the coast to the Bay of Morlaix. Here you'll follow the coast as the bay gets narrower and narrower taking to into the town of Morlaix. With one foot in the Leon area and the other in Tregor, Morlaix nestles in an estuary enclosed by the foothills of the Monts d’Arrée mountains. This town, brimming with art and history, is lovely to look at, whether from below the tiered storeys of its famous half-timbered houses, or from the heights of its viaduct.
Leaving Morlaix behind, you head north on the opposite bank of the river to join up again with the rugged coast. The Brittany shoreline is made up of many small bays and this route will takes you around a few of them.
There is a rural museum at RP 17, Musée Rural du Trégor. This is full tools and equipment that were used in bygone days.
There's a coffee stop with great views and a bit more of the coast to explore before heading inland at Saint-Michel-en-Grève.
The rural roads and landscape is equally as pleasant to the traveller, passing through beautiful stone built villages all having their own magnificent churches standing proud. You'll reach the Côtes-d'Armor or coast of the sea at Binic ‑ Etables‑sur‑mer where I have suggested a lunch stop. There is a car park for cars and motorcycles can park on the pavement by the roundabout.
Once a little medieval village, Binic grew to become one of the most important ports in the French fishing industry. It was the expeditions of the ‘terre-neuvas’ – the fishermen that left France to fish in Newfoundland waters – that secured Binic its place in history, and the imposing granite and schist ship-owners’ houses lining the Quai Jean Bart are testament to this prosperous business. As you can imagine, seafood is offered at most of the many restaurants, bon appetit.
After lunch, the route uses a couple of faster roads to take you to from Brittany to Normandy. It's only an hour on generally quiet roads with pleasant views of the surrounding countryside and you have a chance to top up with fuel at RP 34.
Within a couple of minutes of leaving the dual carriageway, you'll get your first glimpse of Mont St Michel.
Mont Saint Michel is one of Europe’s most unforgettable sights. Set in the mesmerising bay where Normandy and Brittany merge, the island draws the eye from great distances. The staggering location has long inspired awe and the imagination. This remarkable medieval walled city, crowned by its great gothic abbey, is built on a small granite outcrop standing all by itself in the flats of the estuary of the river Couesnon, in an area now known as Mont Saint Michel bay. Mont Saint Michel was one of the first monuments to be classed as a UNESCO world heritage site, as far back as 1979.
Recently, the visitor car parks have been relocated away from the shoreline, to preserve the Mont Saint Michel’s exceptional surroundings. The new car parks stand approximately 1.5 miles away from the island. Once you have parked, head for the Place des Navettes, where specially devised, ultra-modern shuttle buses called Passeurs will take you to the mount itself. These Passeurs operate daily, at very regular intervals, from 7.30am to midnight.
The route leaving Mont St Michel travels through rich agricultural farmland offering some great views back towards the island, don't forget to turn your head to check for views. You will pass by several ancient farm buildings alerting you to the history of rural life in this area. Crossing over La Selune River leaves you just a few minutes away from the ibis Budget hotel on the outskirts of Avranches.