Renovich

We (after advice on Fodors Talk) might drive from Bayeux to Dinard to catch a flight to London. Does anyone know how long it will take to drive and also does anyone have suggestions for a place to stay in Dinard? Many thanks.

rex

From www.viamichelin.com (an excellent website; you should familiarize yourself with it if you are planning to do any driving in France) - -

106 mi in 1 hr 59 min including 67 mi on 00 hr 55 min on expressways.

We found that it took us 10-30% longer to drive the distances posted by viamichelin.com when we were in Normandy in the fall of 2003.

As for a place to stay, there is almost always linked information on the ryanair.com website under "Destinations" - - in this case - - http://www.ryanair.com/destinfo03/de...amp;target=dnr

will lead you, through a series of links to http://www.ot-dinard.com/list_heberg.php?type=hotel (in French only); there are other choices besides hotels there as well.

Best wishes,

Rex

Renovich

Thanks again for your helpful information!

AR

Hi Renovich.
There's not much around Dinard itself with regard to hotels, but St Malo is a short journey away and will have plenty of hotels/B&B's as well as being a nice place in itself.

rex

You're most welcome.

klondike

Unless you want to go visit St. Malo, I don't see any reason to do so. The Guide Michelin cites several luxury-level hotels. The most interesting sounding: Villa Reine Hortense 19 r. Malouine tel:02 99 46 54 31
[email protected]. This villa is decorated in "Belle Epoque" style, each room is individually decorated and has access to their private beach.

There is Novotel Thalassa (Spa) with 106 rooms tel:02 99 16 78 10 [email protected]

The 2**Crystal 15 r. Malouin
tel:02 99 46 66 71 [email protected]
26 rooms 76-128 euros

1*Amethyste pl calvaire Tel: 02 99 46 61 81
[email protected] 19 rooms 51-61 euros

Maybe someone has stayed in these and will put in their 2 cents worth?

flygirl

about 2 hours or so, maybe less. I drove from Vannes (on the coast - south) to Bayeux last month, and I left at 11 AM, stopped in St. Malo for a few hours, meandered up to Ste. Mere Eglise for a look, then drove along the coast to Bayeux - and was still there by 7 pm. Dinard is more or less along the way. it seemed like a surprisingly short amount of time!