From DINARD AIRPORT to the MANOIR de KERCADIC

(GPS: Lat 48.38.14N or 48.6372  Long 3.09.07W or -3.1523)

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The low-cost airline Ryanair flies to Dinard from Stansted and East Midlands airports. Car hire is available at reasonable rates through their site www.ryanair.com or through a number of the usual operators.
The journey to the Manoir de Kercadic usually takes about an hour and a quarter on the faster route or an hour and a half if you come the pretty way! (However, beware of the traffic through St Brieuc during the 6-7pm rush hour as you can be delayed here) The airport is actually at Pleurtuit, to the south west of Dinard, but it is close enough to both Dinard and St Malo if you have time for a visit. Dinard is a very small airport and it is extremely difficult to get lost here!
For the faster route: Turn right out of the airport towards Pleurtuit. This is the D64, a country road that you stay on for about one and a half miles until you reach the small town of Pleurtuit. As you enter the town, there is a junction where you turn right, onto the D266 towards Pleslin. Go through the town, following signs to Pleslin and Dinan.
Continue through Trémereuc and Pleslin until you join the N176 where you turn towards DINAN and ST BRIEUC. Ignore any signs to Dinan town centre and continue towards ST BRIEUC on the N176.
For the more scenic but slower route: Turn left out of the airport and left again at the T junction onto the D168 towards PLOUBALAY. Go through the town of PLOUBALAY, keeping on the main road towards PLANCOET. After about 2 and a half kilometres, the road divides and you have a choice: you can follow the coast road through N.D du Guildo, Matignon, Fréhel etc on the D786, which is very picturesque and allows you to deviate to the small coastal towns, if time allows. The alternative is to take the D768 inland through Plancoet, St Denoual etc.
Either route will take you to the N12, where you should follow the signs towards ST BRIEUC and BREST.
Stay on the N12 heading towards Brest as you by-pass St Brieuc, and you will soon see signs for Guingamp.

About 15 minutes after passing St Brieuc you will see a sign showing Guingamp 7km, then 2 km later the C10 exit, then after a further 2 km the D5 Bellevue exit (Guingamp Est) which you should take.
As you leave the N12 at the D5 exit be prepared for the give way sign some 300 metres up the exit slip road. Immediately after this take the right turn in the direction of Paimpol, Pontrieux.
Go straight across the next three roundabouts, following signs to Pabu. This puts you on a by-pass for about 2 minutes, at the end of which is a fourth roundabout where you take the right exit - the D787 marked to Pabu, Pontrieux.

You will shortly pass the village sign for Pabu, but don't follow the right turn to Pabu centre, stay on the main road through Pabu and down the long hill after leaving the village.
In another minute you will come to a cross-roads with a restaurant on the right (The Ty Coat), there is a small island in the centre of the road, and you should pull over to take the left turn to Squiffiec. Follow this road as it crosses the river and you will arrive at the cross-roads in the centre of Squiffiec in another minute or so. Slow down as you enter the village so that you don’t miss the crossroads in the village centre. There is a bar (The Garfield) at the cross-roads where you turn right; there is a blue sign here indicating The Manoir de Kercadic.

After 300 metres take the right turn indicated to Manoir de Kercadic. After 100 metres turn left, and after a further 300 metres turn right.

You will then see the dolmen and Manoir de Kercadic on your left.