Golf holidays in Brittany North · since 1981

Brittany North golf holidays

Dinard's seaside links, Saint-Malo ramparts, and the cliffs of Pléneuf-Val-André.

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Golf holidays in Brittany North start from £385 (≈ €445) (≈ $505) (≈ CA$715) (≈ AU$735) (≈ NZ$885) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,935) (≈ kr 4,965) (≈ kr 3,345) per person, across 4 courses we can book, 3 hotels and resorts we sell. Sold ground-only, hand-priced around your dates, and arranged by us since 1981.

£385 (≈ €445) (≈ $505) (≈ CA$715) (≈ AU$735) (≈ NZ$885) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,935) (≈ kr 4,965) (≈ kr 3,345)from, per person
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The Emerald Coast is where Brittany turns hard and bright. Saint-Malo sits behind its ramparts, rebuilt stone by stone between 1948 and 1960 after the shelling of 1944, and the sea comes and goes across the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel on the largest tidal range in Europe. Dinard faces it across the river, all cliff-top villas and old money. Dinan is upriver. It is a short stretch of coast with a great deal packed into it, and the golf sits close to the towns rather than hidden away inland.

Golf Planet Holidays has been selling golf breaks since 1981. We sell ground-only and hand-price every break around your dates, so nothing here is a fixed departure. Three bases and four courses in this hub, which we would rather state plainly than dress up. Flights, if you want them, are a separate ATOL-protected add-on.

Why play golf in Brittany North

  • Genuine links golf within twenty minutes of a walled city, which is rare this side of the Channel.
  • Drive-and-play country. Your own car, your own clubs, no baggage allowance to argue with.
  • Brittany is the only French region without toll motorways, so the driving is cheap as well as quick.
  • Two of the three hotels have a course at the door, so half the trip involves no driving at all.
  • Cancale oysters, Saint-Malo's ramparts and Dinard's villas are all a short drive apart, which keeps non-playing partners genuinely occupied.
  • Three or four nights works properly here. You are not obliged to stretch it to a week.

The courses you’ll play

[Dinard Golf Club](/product/dinard-golf-club/) is why most people come. France's second oldest club and a real links, 18 holes at par 68 over 5,990 yards, which reads gently until the prevailing south-westerly gets up and you have to keep the ball down. Flat, walkable, unforgiving of target golf. [Les Ormes Golf Club](/product/les-ormes-golf-club/) sits between Saint-Malo and Mont Saint-Michel, par 72 at 6,363 yards, easy underfoot, with water in play across the round. [Pleneuf Val Andre Golf Club](/product/pleneuf-val-andre-golf-club/) is the drive worth making: half links, half parkland on a coastal perch out towards Saint-Brieuc, 6,398 yards with 138 metres of climb, and the wind doing most of the defending. Then [La Freslonniere Golf Club](/product/la-freslonniere-golf-club/) down at Rennes, short at 6,180 yards, laid over an old Breton estate with roots in the 14th century, all doglegs and water and quiet punishment for the greedy.

Where you’ll stay

Three bases, and they suit three different groups. Golf Hotel Saint Malo, Le Tronchet is the simplest proposition in the region, from £385pp (≈ €445) (≈ $505) (≈ CA$715) (≈ AU$735) (≈ NZ$885) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,935) (≈ kr 4,965) (≈ kr 3,345): the course starts 200 metres from the door, so a two-round short break needs no car at all. Domaine des Ormes is a large estate in the country between Saint-Malo and Mont Saint-Michel with its own course 600 metres away, from £465pp (≈ €535) (≈ $615) (≈ CA$865) (≈ AU$885) (≈ NZ$1,065) (≈ CHF 505) (≈ kr 5,965) (≈ kr 5,995) (≈ kr 4,045). It is family-first, and we mention that because it decides things. Four men wanting a quiet dinner should look elsewhere. A party where half are not playing will find nothing better. Hotel Barriere Le Grand Hotel, Dinard is the grand option, from £795pp (≈ €925) (≈ $1,055) (≈ CA$1,485) (≈ AU$1,525) (≈ NZ$1,825) (≈ CHF 865) (≈ kr 10,195) (≈ kr 10,255) (≈ kr 6,915), and it puts you in the Belle Epoque half of the coast with Dinard's own links six kilometres down the road.

Best time to play golf in Brittany North

May, June and September are the pick. Brittany greens up early, the September light is the best of the year, and the tee sheets loosen the moment the French holidays end. July and August are busy along this coast, Saint-Malo and Dinard especially, so book tee times well ahead. Winter golf is possible on the flatter courses, though the point of Dinard is wind and a January south-westerly off the Channel is nobody's idea of a good afternoon. Check the tide tables whatever month you come. The bay swings through roughly ten metres on an ordinary day, twelve on a spring tide and up to fifteen on an exceptional one, which changes what Saint-Malo looks like hour by hour and decides whether you can walk out to Grand Be.

A sense of Brittany North

History & heritage

Saint-Malo made its money from corsairs, French privateers who taxed Channel shipping and came home rich, Duguay-Trouin and Surcouf among them. Almost the whole walled town was destroyed by American shelling and bombing in the late summer of 1944, then rebuilt between 1948 and 1960, which is why the granite looks older than it is. Walk the ramparts first. Dinard went a different way. British and American visitors built villas on the cliff tops from the late nineteenth century and 407 of them are now listed; Churchill took his holidays on the Rance, Picasso painted here in the 1920s, and the town has run a British film festival since 1989. Dinan sits upriver, medieval and steep, with a cobbled hill dropping to its little port.

Food & wine

Cancale lies fifteen kilometres east of Saint-Malo and is the oyster capital of Brittany, with beds you can watch working at low tide and stalls selling by the dozen to eat on the sea wall. That is worth an hour of anyone's afternoon. Elsewhere the register is buckwheat galettes, cider drunk from bowls rather than glasses, kouign-amann in the bakery windows, far breton, and salted butter in more or less everything, because Brittany has never accepted the unsalted kind. Nobody grows wine here, so the list runs to cider, Muscadet brought up from the Loire and a Calvados from over the Normandy border. The seafood platters in Saint-Malo stand comparison with anywhere in France, and are priced as though everyone knows it.

Beyond the fairways

Mont Saint-Michel is the obvious outing and it earns the trip, though go early or late, since the middle of the day belongs to the coaches. Cap Frehel and Fort la Latte lie out towards Pleneuf Val Andre, so pair them with that round rather than making a separate expedition. Saint-Malo has the Bon-Secours tidal pool and the island of Grand Be, reachable on foot only when the water allows. Dinan is the best half day inland. The Rance itself deserves an afternoon by boat. And at the river mouth stands the first tidal power station in the world, opened by de Gaulle in 1966, considerably more interesting than that sentence suggests.

Getting around & exploring

Bring the car. Everything here is a short hop and the roads help: Brittany is the one French region with no toll motorways, so the N137 down to Rennes and the N12 running west are free dual carriageways, signed at 110 and dropping to 100 in the rain. Between Dinard and Saint-Malo the direct road is the D168, which crosses the top of the tidal barrage and therefore carries all the traffic between the two towns, so allow for it in August. The long way round is inland by Dinan. Parking inside Saint-Malo's walls is limited and the sensible plan is one of the car parks outside them. Pleneuf Val Andre and Rennes are proper drives rather than hops.

Good to know before you book

Getting there

Three ways in, and two of them are very good. Brittany Ferries sails overnight from Portsmouth into Saint-Malo in around eleven and a half hours, most nights of the year, with a day sailing added in summer. You go to bed in Hampshire and start the day in Brittany. Or take LeShuttle from Folkestone to Calais, thirty-five minutes in the tunnel, then drive: Calais to Saint-Malo is about 515 kilometres and a shade under five hours in normal traffic. Newhaven to Dieppe is the third option at roughly four hours at sea, and it cuts the French mileage compared with Calais. We sell ground-only, so the crossing stays in your hands and we build the golf and the hotel around your dates. Flights can be added as a separate ATOL-protected arrangement.

Good to know

  • Trading since 1981. Your money is protected through PTS 5087 and we hold IATA registration. ATOL applies to flights only, booked as a separate add-on.
  • Four courses in this hub, two of them beside their hotel. Three or four nights is the natural length, not a week.
  • Book a buggy at Pleneuf Val Andre, which has real climb in it. The others are flat.
  • Tide tables decide half of what you do away from the golf. Check them before you fix a day.
  • No toll motorways in Brittany, so fuel is about the only road cost.
  • Send us your dates, handicaps and group size and we will hand-price it. Someone replies promptly.

The courses you can play in Brittany North

Dinard Golf Club, Brittany — Brittany North golfDinard Golf Club, BrittanyDesigned by Tom DunnPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →La Freslonniere Golf Club, Rennes — Brittany North golfLa Freslonniere Golf Club, RennesPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Les Ormes Golf Club — Brittany North golfLes Ormes Golf ClubPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Pleneuf Val Andre Golf Club, Brittany — Brittany North golfPleneuf Val Andre Golf Club, BrittanyDesigned by Alain PratPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →

Golf resorts — stay & play on-site

Domaine des Ormes, Brittany — Brittany North golfDomaine des Ormes, BrittanyLes Ormes Golf Club · Saint Malo Golf Clubfrom£465 (≈ €535) (≈ $615) (≈ CA$865) (≈ AU$885) (≈ NZ$1,065) (≈ CHF 505) (≈ kr 5,965) (≈ kr 5,995) (≈ kr 4,045)per personDiscover this resort →Golf Hotel Saint Malo, Le Tronchet, Northern Brittany — Brittany North golfGolf Hotel Saint Malo, Le Tronchet, Northern BrittanySaint Malo Golf Club · Les Ormes Golf Clubfrom£385 (≈ €445) (≈ $505) (≈ CA$715) (≈ AU$735) (≈ NZ$885) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,935) (≈ kr 4,965) (≈ kr 3,345)per personDiscover this resort →

Hotels — play the area’s courses

Hotel Barriere Le Grand Hotel, Dinard, Northern Brittany — Brittany North golfHotel Barriere Le Grand Hotel, Dinard, Northern BrittanyDinard Golf Club, Brittany · Saint Malo Golf Clubfrom£795 (≈ €925) (≈ $1,055) (≈ CA$1,485) (≈ AU$1,525) (≈ NZ$1,825) (≈ CHF 865) (≈ kr 10,195) (≈ kr 10,255) (≈ kr 6,915)per personDiscover this hotel →

Hand-built around your dates

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Frequently asked questions

Golf holidays in Brittany North. The questions our golfers ask most.

How long is LeShuttle crossing time to France

The Eurotunnel LeShuttle from Folkestone to Calais takes about 35 minutes, which makes a self-drive trip genuinely easy for the Northern France golf resorts. Le Touquet, Hardelot and the courses around the Somme are roughly two to three hours on from Calais, so you can load the clubs, drive on and be on the first tee the same day, and on those breaks we can include the crossing in the price. For the south and southwest, such as Biarritz, the Riviera and Provence, most golfers fly into Nice, Marseille, Biarritz or Bordeaux and we arrange transfers on the ground.

How much does a golf holiday in France cost?

Golf holidays in France start from £235 (≈ €265) (≈ $305) (≈ CA$435) (≈ AU$445) (≈ NZ$535) (≈ CHF 255) (≈ kr 3,015) (≈ kr 3,025) (≈ kr 2,045) pp with Golf Planet Holidays. That is a hand-built ground package, and the final price depends on your hotel, the courses you play and the season.

When is the best time to play golf in France?

May, June, September and October are the best months, with comfortable temperatures and courses in peak condition. The south of France stays playable into late autumn.

Where should I play golf in France?

There are more than 700 golf courses in France. As first steps we would recommend Northern France. There are ten great courses here.  Chat with us about the various choices if you wish to venture further afield.

How many golf courses are there in France?

We feature 130 courses and 102 resorts across France including Saint Malo Golf Club and Sept Tours Golf Club. Your specialist matches the courses to your group's standard and budget.

Is it easy to get around in France?

Getting around France is straightforward. Self-driving is the most popular option — if you've come via Le Shuttle, you already have your car. Trains are excellent for city-to-city travel, particularly from Paris to Bordeaux (2 hours on the TGV). Within golf regions like the Algarve or Brittany, a hire car gives you the freedom to explore at your own pace. We include all airport or station transfers in our packages and can arrange inter-course transfers, so you're never left without options.

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