Dinan is a historic town with a well-preserved medieval center with numerous half-timbered houses. Its decoration is also the city walls with numerous towers.
During the Middle Ages, Dinan developed as a center of trade on the route from Normandy. Most of its most valuable monuments come from this period. Large fragments of fortifications with towers and bastions have survived to this day. Within them, there are gray, granite houses clustered in narrow streets. In some parts of the city you can also see nice half-timbered houses.
Thanks to the preserved old town, Dinan is often presented as a typical traditional Breton village. It delights with narrow, cobbled streets and medieval houses standing next to them. The buildings in the center also include the Savior's Basilica, the construction of which began in the 11th century, and the Gothic Saint-Malo Church. Only ruins remain of the castle built in the 14th century, but even these show how magnificent it was in the past.
