The Best Golf Resorts in Brittany
Brittany has been doing seaside golf since 1887, when British holidaymakers laid out a course above the rocks at Dinard, and the modern region wraps that heritage in ferry port convenience, oyster lunches and green fees that embarrass the Mediterranean. The roster runs from a 45 hole Barrière estate behind La Baule to a 27 hole Hubert Chesneau resort near Saint-Malo, plus two family friendly château domains and a pair of clifftop classics. Here are the six places that matter, ranked.
Photograph: Saint-Malo Golf Resort, via Google
How we chose
This list was researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk, and every designer, opening year and fee on it was checked against resort, federation and ranking sources in June 2026. Brittany is not a resort region in the Algarve sense; its golf grew out of belle époque sea bathing towns, so the great courses and the great hotels do not always share a driveway. We ranked on the quality of the golf first, then the stay attached to it, and where a course has no hotel of its own we say so plainly and name the sensible base nearby. One boundary note up front: the Barrière estate at La Baule sits in Loire-Atlantique, just over the modern administrative line, but it lies in historic Brittany and it is the region's flagship golf resort, so it leads the list. For the courses themselves rather than the stays, start with our best golf courses in Brittany ranking.
The season runs roughly April to October, with a mild maritime shoulder that keeps most courses open and playable all winter. Fees are honest by international standards, peaking well under what one ordinary round costs at the marquee resorts of Portugal or Spain. The fees quoted carry their season and year and are indicative rather than guaranteed, so always confirm directly before booking.
The best in Brittany, ranked
Golf International Barrière La Baule, Saint-André-des-Eaux
The region's one true grand golf resort. Barrière opened this estate behind the seaside town of La Baule in 1976, with the flagship Rouge course drawn by Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas, later reworked by Michel Gayon in 2001, and the property has grown to 45 holes across some 220 hectares of woodland and water: the par 72 Rouge, the par 72 Bleu and the 9 hole François André. Honesty requires one clause: administratively this is Loire-Atlantique rather than the modern Brittany region, but it is historic Brittany and the obvious anchor for any golf trip here. Guests of Barrière's La Baule hotels get preferred terms on the golf, with published 18 hole green fees running roughly 54 to 80 euros in the 2025 season and hotel residents quoted about 30 percent off, indicative only; always confirm directly before booking. Our verdict: the most complete golf stay in western France.
Access: public; Barrière hotel guests book first and pay less. Check stay and play rates.
Saint-Malo Golf Resort, Le Tronchet
Brittany's purpose built golf resort. The 27 holes at Le Tronchet were designed by Hubert Chesneau, the architect of Le Golf National outside Paris where the 2018 Ryder Cup was played, and they thread through forest, granite and a chain of lakes about twenty minutes inland from Saint-Malo, Dinard and Mont-Saint-Michel. The 18 hole championship course is backed by a 9 hole loop that suits beginners and warm up rounds, and the four star hotel sits right on the property with a restaurant overlooking the water. Published 18 hole green fees ran 35 euros in low season to 65 euros in high season in 2025, remarkable value for a course of this pedigree, indicative only; always confirm directly before booking. Our verdict: the best base for the Emerald Coast, with Dinard a short drive away.
Access: public; hotel guests get the easiest tee sheet. Check stay and play rates.
Domaine des Ormes, Dol-de-Bretagne
The family answer. Domaine des Ormes is a 200 hectare estate wrapped around a 16th century château park near Dol-de-Bretagne, and its par 72 course, laid out by Antoine d'Ormesson and opened in 1989, rolls through ponds, old trees and the estate's historic buildings. The golf is genuinely good without being brutal, and the rest of the property is a small holiday kingdom: hotel rooms and apartments, pools and a wave pool, horse riding and treetop courses, which makes it the one resort on this list where a golfer can disappear for 18 holes without negotiating. The estate does not publish a stable green fee tariff, so confirm rates with the resort directly before booking. Our verdict: the smart pick when only one of you plays.
Access: public; families should book school holiday weeks early. Check stay and play rates.
Dinard Golf, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer
Not a resort at all, and skipping it would be the worst mistake on this page. Dinard Golf, laid out by Tom Dunn in 1887 on the headland heath at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, is the second oldest course in France after Pau, a short, windblown par 68 of 5,313 meters with sea views from nearly every hole and a clubhouse listed as a historical monument in 2015. There is no hotel on the property, so the honest play is to sleep in Dinard itself, where the belle époque seafront hotels are ten minutes away, or to base at the Saint-Malo Golf Resort and drive over. Published green fees ran 70 to 100 euros across the 2025 season, indicative only; always confirm directly before booking. Our verdict: the round that explains why golf in Brittany exists.
Access: public; mornings go quickly in July and August. Check tee times.
Domaine de Cicé-Blossac, Bruz
The inland spa stop. Domaine de Cicé-Blossac pairs a four star hotel of 66 rooms plus suites and apartments with an 18 hole course, open since 1992, that winds through the lakes and wetlands of the Vilaine valley ten minutes south of Rennes. The golf operation runs under the UGolf banner and the hotel side leans on its spa, with a hammam and treatment rooms, which makes this the comfortable midpoint between the Emerald Coast cluster and La Baule in the south. Design credits and current green fee tariffs are not consistently published, so confirm both with the resort directly before booking. Our verdict: the logical overnight when the trip routes through Rennes.
Access: public; weekend tee times fill with Rennes locals. Check stay and play rates.
Golf Bluegreen Pléneuf-Val-André
The spectacle. Alain Prat's clifftop par 72 at Pléneuf-Val-André, opened in 1992 and run by the Bluegreen group, hangs above the Channel with moorland, beach and rock face in constant view, and it carries real competitive pedigree, having hosted the Open de Bretagne on the European circuit's second tier for years. Like Dinard there is no hotel on the course, so treat it as the great day trip of a northern Brittany itinerary and sleep on the Val-André seafront or back toward Saint-Malo. Published 18 hole green fees ran 43 euros in low season to 74 euros at peak in 2025, indicative only; always confirm directly before booking. Our verdict: the most dramatic golf setting in Brittany, full stop.
Access: public; wind makes the scorecard negotiable. Check tee times.
Designers, opening years, host events and fees verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk from resort, federation and ranking sources. Rates shown carry their season and year and are indicative only; always confirm directly with each resort before booking.
Plan a Brittany golf trip
Tell us roughly when and who is traveling. One concierge sequences the Emerald Coast and La Baule sensibly, books the Dinard and Pléneuf-Val-André tee times, pairs the right rooms, and prices the trip honestly. We reply within one working day, with no obligation.
Building the trip
The geography writes the week for you: ferry or fly into Saint-Malo or Rennes, base two or three nights at the Saint-Malo Golf Resort or Domaine des Ormes for Dinard and the Emerald Coast, run the clifftop day trip to Pléneuf-Val-André, then drop south past Cicé-Blossac to finish with 36 holes at La Baule. Budget the rounds with our green fees in Brittany guide, and see how the region's costs sit against the national picture in green fees in France. The wider context lives in our France destination guide and the full France golf holidays page, and travelers chasing classic seaside golf can extend north to Le Touquet La Mer on the Channel coast. To weigh Brittany against the continent's big names, browse the best golf resorts in Europe, then let plan my trip put the whole thing in one brief.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Courses, designers, fees and access verified June 2026. Last reviewed: June 2026. See how we rank.