Dinan

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Entry and Exit

If we want to head directly up to Dinan, you have to check in either in St Cast with the form procedure, or directly into the Douanes office in St Malo for a stamp in and out. You cannot send your forms to Dinan.

The message from Dinan is: The derogation principle unfortunately does not apply to the port of Dinan. You have the possibility of arriving via St Malo, a port with the border police (with passport validation) or St Cast which is valid for the procedure with the form therefore without passport validation. At the end you will be in good standing and will be able to go to Dinan. Your form must reach us 24 hours in advance and at the port of arrival.

News Report 15th July 2024

The shower is at last operational. July 15th not June 15th as originally planned.

There is also a brand new washing machine & tumble dryer but the loo is still of the “squat” variety.

Despite the limited facilities the welcome from Damian & Gayle is second to none. They insist on meeting you on the finger berth. All for the princely sum of €26/night (42 ft boat) including electricity. And 8 restaurants with 100yds. Probably a third of what I would pay in Yarmouth.

No wonder I have been there twice this year.

Thanks Richard H

Dinan is beautiful. Indeed the trip up to Dinan is delightful but challenging. Two locks and lots of boats all trying to cram in, but once you get there, it is all worthwhile.

The moorings are in a beautiful setting with great restaurants along the waterfront. A healthy walk up a steep hill takes you to the main town of Dinan and there are some great shops and places to visit.

News May 2024

There are now no facilities as the building they were in has been sold.
There are public toilets available now, but there are no showers until June 15th 2024 we were told.
The only option currently (if you don’t have showers on board) is to take a trip to Lehon and use the public pool (and showers, around a 30 min walk or 10 min cycle – €3 per person. This also means there are no washing machines etc.

The new pontoons are in and they are very smart. They run the whole length of the river and have excellent electric/water junction boxes. There are some fingers and also alongside pontoon mooring.

The facilities are in the back of the marina office, through a side door to the left. They hope to improve them in 2020/2021.

Damien is the harbourmaster and is very helpful and efficient. He speaks perfect English.

Do call and book before arrival. Space is limited and the “marina” is often full, so do call Damien first to help him with his planning.

See YouTube video of our departing Dinan in 2019. The video was taken to show all the mooring spaces – youtu.be/bqO7B93Favk

There is a plan from October to take up to 25m boats. They hope to take them each year out of season when the electric hire boats are not there. They are looking to put electric and water along the area to facilitate this. There is also talk of dredging the river so there is greater depth.

Picture of the Rance at Dinan from the bridge

The fingers in Dinan are mostly short and only suitable for short boats or you moor along slide the pontoon as allocated by the Harbourmaster

A beautiful place with a great upper town. Can get hot in the summer

www.dinan-tourisme.com/index.php?&l…

From the Chatelier lock to Dinan is a great journey and takes approx 25 mins. The speed limit is 5 knots

You need to follow the new red and green buoys carefully – they are right even if they look wrong!

Going from Lyvett to Dinan, it is very well marked. Red and green buoys have now replaced the red/brown and black/white poles. Do stay close to them as it can be quite shallow even though it was dredged in early 2018. You need less than a 1.5m draft.

The wifi is only available at the far end of the marina towards the Harbour office.

The harbourmasters office, facilities are the door on the left and down a corridor

The facilities are basic with only one toilet for men and one for ladies. The showers are hot and adequate. The facilities are through a door to the left of the marina office and you will be provided with a code.

The keypad is a bit hidden

The pontoons are all new for 2018 with very good electric and water. There is more space between fingers but this means they can accommodate a few less boats. An impressive improvement.

Great new pontons

There are some ambitious plans for the future and if they progress they could include

  • Moving the cars to the other side of the road so there is a better walkway to see the boats
  • Building a new marina office on the site of the old Public toilets which would include new facilities and possibly a mast store
  • Possibly having electric bikes available for people staying for more than a week to assist with getting to the main Town.

The area is transformed when the road is closed and although we appreciate there may be local objections to closing a road, it really makes a difference. It is closed on Thursday evenings for a music performance and for special occasions, but it would make such a difference it was closed every evening in the Summer from 18:30 onwards. It makes it a lot quieter for the moored boats as well

Contact information

Harbourmaster Damien’s e-mail address is Port de Dinan port@dinan.fr

Tél : 02.96.39.56.44

Interesting recent article – 2010 – sarahjaneodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/06/up……

Boulangerie

There is a boulangerie at the bottom of the hill.

Map

Weather
www.meteoconsult.fr/ter/france/prevision……

Market day
Thursday

Other useful numbers

Port de la Vicomté sur Rance
Tél : 02.96.83.35.57.

Port de Saint Samson sur Rance
Tél : 02.96.39.16.05 (mairie).