The wonderful pretty City of Dinard is in the dept 35 lle et Vilaine of my lovely Bretagne and my belle France! We have come here and love it and came back for more. I like to use some pictures found in my vault that should be in my blog to tell you more of the city. Do see my other posts on Dinard in my blog. Therefore, let me show you the Villas of Dinard !!!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
Dinard brings together the aristocracy, political figures and intellectuals from all over the continent who no longer stay solely in their private villas and frequent the most luxurious hotels: Albert I, Raymond Poincaré, Agatha Christie, Victor Hugo, Édouard VII, George V ,Winston Churchill, Judith Gautier, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lawrence of Arabia (in his childhood), Edmond Rostand, and Paul Valéry all spent holidays in Dinard. Pablo Picasso painted his series of paintings Les Baigneuses à Dinard, or the swimmers in Dinard , inspired by the less and less hidden nudity of bathers. Dinard is the first seaside resort in France to safeguard its architectural heritage from the end of the 19C by classifying 407 villas and buildings. The Dinard villas have made the resort’s reputation and constitute a considerable architectural heritage. If most of them are concentrated in the luxury housing district of the Malouine. Most of the villas and missing buildings that were destroyed in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, Dinard fell into oblivion and poorly survived the flight of the wealthy tourists of yesteryear.
The villas or mansions of Dinard, splendid architectural history with many great names over the years and a superb ride by car or bike along the ocean’s edge. Recommended.You have wonderful villa reine Hortense, (queen of Holland) who vacationed here built by the Russian lover prince Nicolas Vlassov who was passionate of the life of the mother of Napoléon III. The mansion continue too numerous all wonderful such as the villa Cézembre with a stair bringing you down to the beach ;the pont d’emeraude with great views of the ocean. Could not take pictures of all of them but did some just for a sampler it is all superbe !!!
The rue Coppinger has become a dead end street on the opposite way it takes you to the pointe du Moulinet, Here you have the house or Maison dite Château des Deux Rives, at 4 rue Coppinger, The villa is at the narrowest point of the peninsula and close to the end of the boulevard near the swimming pool. This villa was modified in the early 20C to also incorporate medieval elements, and the roof with two further floors of rooms was added in the 1920s. It was initially done by the Lebanese Count Joseph Rochaïd Dahdah in August 1873, Later his three sons, Alphonse, Paul and Joseph, married into the French aristocracy and continued, after the death of their father in 1889, to play an important role in worldly life and sports of Dinard.
The Villa st Germain at the Plage de l’Ecluse; originally called villa Mortemart built by François de Rochechouart, viscount of Mortemart, between 1868 and 1874. It is from the Pointe du Malouine, in a dominant position, that you will discover the breathtaking views that Villa St Germain offers. The park of more than one hectare is fully enclosed and has two outbuildings. A pretty chapel on the water will invite you to calm and contemplation. Located in the city center, everything is done on foot, a private staircase will give you access to the lock beach directly.
We continue on the Pointe du Moulinet, rocky place on the border of the Rance on the city of Saint Malo, you have the villa La Garde tudor style construction.go up on blvd Féart and see the villa Montplaisir very so British style
There is a house with an old lighthouse that stayed in their property, at the corner of a property on the immediate edge of the Port-Riou park, stands a pretty stone tower, which has always intrigued passers-by. The Villa known as Port-Riou, aka Château de Port-Riou, 24 boulevard de la Mer . Residence built on the cliff on the edge of Port-Riou beach between 1879 and 1882. Implantation on the seafront on a large plot delimited by a buttress terrace. Logis with stepped gables. West facade with half-staircase staircase covered with a polygonal roof. Facade is wooden gallery. A water tower, located east of the plot on a promontory, was powered by a wind energy pump located to the west opposite the house. Outdoor stairs to the beach. Its pleasure garden, its outbuildings, its vegetable garden, and finally a well, and a water tower, the pump of which will use wind energy. The mill lost its function, and its wind turbine gave way to a television antenna.
The Chalet des Bruyères, avenue Cézembre, Pointe de la Malouine I took the picture but not much on it, only that it is in many sites as a rental property .Most of the above are also available for rental if you can pay the price.
The famous villa at the Pointe de la Malouine, belonging to the businessman François Pinault, The villa Greystones was built from 1938 on a front plot sea from the tip of Malouine. It is of granite and concrete vessel overhanging the sea, the house, covered with a roof terrace and extended by a cantilevered rotunda, seems cut to face the elements, like the military works built in front of it, while drawing from the formal repertoire of 18C follies, an intimate and comfortable haven on a human scale. It is accompanied by a Mediterranean-style garden, made up of a succession of terraces connected by stairs and winding alleys, and decorated with sculptures by Alfred Janniot.
Villa Ker Alice, known as Villa Ker Kenta, 1 rue Roger Vercel. Resort house built around 1914 on the beach of Saint-Enogat. Large house, with one square floor and two attic floors. The floors are separated by a horizontal cement strip. Complex type plan with recessed façades. Overhanging roof with underarms and half rump forming gable on the facade. The entrance to the courtyard is sheltered by a wooden awning. A bow window upstairs once enlarged a room with a sea view. Imposing cement terrace with balustrade railings.
Villa Les Embruns 5 rue Roger Vercel .Beautiful and large family Villa of 200 m2. This old 19C forge with the purest Anglo-Norman spirit , and a large garden of 450 m2, the beach is only 10 mins walk. It was lived by writer Roger Vercel Prix Goncourt 1934. His memories of war inspired him to write some of his first books such as Notre Père Trajan, Capitaine Conan, and Léna, but it was the maritime world that was at the heart of his work. In 1934, Roger Vercel meets Louis Malbert, captain of the tug Iroise, who inspires him to write the novel Remorques; also the title of the film taken from this novel by Jean Grémillon in 1941 in which the role of Captain Malbert is held by Jean Gabin. Au Large de l’Eden won him the Prix du Comité Fémina France-Amérique in 1932. He won the Goncourt Prize in 1934 for Capitaine Conan, a partially autobiographical novel.
The city of Dinard on its architectural heritage: https://www.ville-dinard.fr/patrimoine-architectural/
The Dinard Emeraude tourist office on its heritage : https://www.dinardemeraudetourisme.com/en/explore/8-emerald-paradises/discover-dinard/
The Ille et Vilaine dept 35 tourist office on Dinard: https://www.ille-et-vilaine-tourisme.bzh/partez-a-la-decouverte-de-lille-et-vilaine/sites-remarquables/dinard/
The Bretagne Region tourist office on Dinard: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/cap-frehel-saint-malo-mont-saint-michel-bay/dinard-saint-briac-and-saint-lunaire/
There you go folks, another dandy beautiful town in my lovely Bretagne ! There is a whole world out there to be seen and yet, my long journey to see as much as possible of this most visited country of my belle France ; which I proudly call mine! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Villas of Dinard !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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